Let's Talk about DEI : Productive Disagreements about America's Most Polarizing Topics (Multicultural Education Series)

Harper, Shaun/ Banks, James A. (EDT)

Teachers' College Press（2025/07発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 240 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780807787465
• DDC分類 305

Full Description

This much-needed resource offers fresh, multisided viewpoints on seemingly divisive, politically polarizing issues in education, business, politics, sports, entertainment, policing, and technology.

Let's Talk About DEI models for professionals and everyday Americans ways to productively critique, learn from, and respond to other people's perspectives on topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). A variety of contested issues are debated, including consequences for kids who do racist things in schools, the U.S. Supreme Court's affirmative action reversal, legacy advantages in college admissions, the tumultuous tenure of Harvard's first Black president, legislative attacks on DEI initiatives, and celebrity coaches at historically Black universities.

Readers will also see how the author and his students engage in respectful disagreements about celebrities and influencers, including Beyoncé, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Megan Thee Stallion, Brittney Griner, and Deion "Coach Prime" Sanders. This dynamic book includes chapters on Joe Biden, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Kevin McCarthy, George Santos, and Karen Bass.

Book Features:

Replicable models for engaging in respectful disagreements about divisive topics.
Current issues that are being debated amongst everyday Americans, teachers and educational leaders, politicians, and business professionals.
Concise chapters pertaining to K-12 and higher education institutions, as well as DEI issues in business, politics, sports, entertainment, policing, and technology.

Contents

Contents

Series Foreword James A. Banks  xv

Preface  xxi
An Inspiring, Adaptable Model  xxiii
The Educational Benefits of Being in Touch  xxiv
A Vision for This Book  xxv
Productive Engagement Beyond Academia  xxv

Acknowledgments  xxvii

PART I: PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT EDUCATION

 1.  Actions Educational Leaders Must Take When Kids Do Racist Things at School  3
Nico's Productive Disagreement  5
Productive Response From Nico's Professor  6

 2.  Why Politicized Attacks on DEI in Schools Are Occurring, and How They're Bad for America  8
Grace's Productive Disagreement  10
Productive Response From Grace's Professor  11

 3.  Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action in College Admissions—Here's What Will Happen on Campuses  12
Will's Productive Disagreement  15
Productive Response From Will's Professor  16

 4.  Eliminating Standardized Tests to Achieve Racial Equity in Post-Affirmative Action College Admissions  17
Alvin's Productive Disagreement  19
Productive Response From Alvin's Professor  20

 5.  Legacy Admissions at Harvard and Other Elite Institutions Advantage White Applicants  21
Isis's Productive Disagreement  22
Productive Response From Isis's Professor  23

 6.  Harvard University's Next President Is a Black Woman  25
Deonté's Productive Disagreement  27
Productive Response From Deonté's Professor  28

 7.  What It Means That a Black Woman Survived Only Six Months as Harvard's President  29
David's Productive Disagreement  31
Productive Response From David's Professor  32

 8.  What Deion Sanders's Departure From Jackson State Could Mean for the Business of HBCU Athletics  33
Timi's Productive Disagreement  35
Productive Response From Timi's Professor  36

PART II: PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LEADERSHIP

 9.  Why Business Leaders Are Pulling the Plug on DEI  39
Malavika's Productive Disagreement  41
Productive Response From Malavika's Professor  43

 10.  Elon Musk Articulates What Many DEI Opponents Think, but Are Too Afraid to Publicly Say  44
Christopher's Productive Disagreement  45
Productive Response From Christopher's Professor  46

 11.  Your Company's DEI Training Isn't Critical Race Theory, No Need to Ban It  48
Yamile's Productive Disagreement  50
Productive Response From Yamile's Professor  51

 12.  Ways CEOs and Companies Fail Chief Diversity Officers  52
Juhwan's Productive Disagreement  55
Productive Response From Juhwan's Professor  57

 13.  Discrimination Against White Job Applicants and Employees, or Is It Racial Equity?  58
Kelsey's Productive Disagreement  60
Productive Response From Kelsey's Professor  62

 14.  Repeated Snubbing of Black Kids at Amusement Parks Shows Need for More Complex Bias Trainings  63
Linh's Productive Disagreement  65
Productive Response from Linh's Professor  66

 15.  Elon Musk Says He's Hiring a New Twitter CEO—Women Beware of the Glass Cliff  67
Samantha's Productive Disagreement  69
Productive Response From Samantha's Professor  70

 16.  New Bank of America Loan Could Further Push Black and Latino Families Out of Communities  71
Henry's Productive Disagreement  73
Productive Response From Henry's Professor  74

 17.  Adidas Gets Transphobic Backlash for "Woke" Pride Month Swimsuit Marketing  75
Sloane's Productive Disagreement  76
Productive Response From Sloane's Professor  77

 18.  Target Fumbles Black History Month, Pulls Offensive Item From Stores  79
Samantha's Productive Disagreement  81
Productive Response From Samantha's Professor  82

 19.  Why a "Lay Low" DEI Strategy Is Especially Bad Right Now  83
Meron's Productive Disagreement  85
Productive Response From Meron's Professor  86

PART III: PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS

 20.  They're Saying He's Too Old: Ageism in Media Discourse About Joe Biden's Reelection  89
Delaney's Productive Disagreement  90
Productive Response From Delaney's Professor  92

 21.  Who Told Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis That America Has Never Been Racist?  93
Rachael's Productive Disagreement  95
Productive Response From Rachael's Professor  95

 22.  Kevin McCarthy's Failed Bids for House Speaker Expose the Ironies of Ideological Diversity and Homogeneity in the GOP  97
Mariessa's Productive Disagreement  99
Productive Response From Mariessa's Professor  100

 23.  If George Santos Were Black, There'd Be Harsher Consequences for the Congressman's Lies  101
Mathew's Productive Disagreement  103
Productive Response From Mathew's Professor  104

 24.  How Karen Bass Beat a Billionaire to Become First Woman and Second Black L.A. Mayor  106
Nicolette's Productive Disagreement  107
Productive Response From Nicolette's Professor  108

 25.  Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan, or Nothing? Why the Biden Administration Chose the Black Woman  110
Todd's Productive Disagreement  112
Productive Response From Todd's Professor  113

PART IV: PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS

 26.  Beyoncé Wins the Most Grammy Awards, Becomes the Actual GOAT  117
Sydney's Productive Disagreement  119
Productive Response From Sydney's Professor  120

 27.  Megan Thee Stallion Supporters Call Out Misogynoir in Hip-Hop Industry—What It Is and Where Else It Exists  121
Wayne's Productive Disagreement  124
Productive Response From Wayne's Professor  125

 28.  Kanye West Could Lose Everything If Someone Doesn't Help Him  126
Elena's Productive Disagreement  128
Productive Response From Elena's Professor  129

 29.  The Color Purple Cinematic Remix Expands Cultural Contribution and Financial Impact  130
Bill's Productive Disagreement  132
Productive Response From Bill's Professor  133

 30.  Viola Davis Makes Compelling Case for Darker Skin Black Women in The Woman King  134
Allison Joyce's Productive Disagreement  136
Productive Response From Allison Joyce's Professor  137

 31.  What the Porn Industry Teaches Teens, Especially Guys, About Sex  138
Max's Productive Disagreement  140
Productive Response From Max's Professor  141

 32.  NCAA Basketball Champ Angel Reese Was Called "Classless" Because She's Black  143
Destiny's Productive Disagreement  145
Productive Response From Destiny's Professor  145

 33.  What to Do When Drunk Fans Say Inexcusably Offensive Things at Sporting Events  147
Paxton's Productive Disagreement  149
Productive Response From Paxton's Professor  150

PART V: OTHER PRODUCTIVE DEI DISAGREEMENTS

 34.  White Guy Says He'll Bring Fried Chicken to the Black Cookout—How to Recover From Racial Microaggressions  153
Sean's Productive Disagreement  155
Productive Response From Sean's Professor  156

 35.  Remote Work Can Boost Diversity Yet Undermine Equity for Employees of Color  157
Liz's Productive Disagreement  159
Productive Response From Liz's Professor  160

 36.  Black Cops Upheld Institutional and Cultural Racism in Fatal Attack of Tyre Nichols  161
Obianeze's Productive Disagreement  163
Productive Response From Obianeze's Professor  164

 37.  What Executives Should Say to Employees When Police Officers Kill Unarmed Black People  165
Shivani's Productive Disagreement  167
Productive Response From Shivani's Professor  168

 38.  ChatGPT Threatens Authenticity of DEI Communications From Leaders  169
Shehab's Productive Disagreement  171
Productive Response From Shehab's Professor  172

 39.  Rite Aid Facial Recognition Lawsuit Shows AI Risks of Shopping While Black  173
Pawan's Productive Disagreement  175
Productive Response From Pawan's Professor  176

 40.  Ways Philanthropic Foundations Can Respond to Costly Attacks on DEI  177
Devon's Productive Disagreement  179
Productive Response From Devon's Professor  180

Endnotes  181

Credits  202

Index  204

About the Author  212