Is Everyone Really Equal?

This award-winning guide to social justice education is appropriate for students from high school through graduate school.

Based on the authors’ extensive experience in a range of settings in the United States and Canada, the book addresses the most common stumbling blocks to understanding social justice. This comprehensive resource includes new features such as a chapter on intersectionality and classism; discussion of contemporary activism (Black Lives Matter, Occupy, and Idle No More); material on White Settler societies and colonialism; pedagogical supports related to “common social patterns” and “vocabulary to practice using”; and extensive updates throughout.

Accessible to students from high school through graduate school, Is Everyone Really Equal? is a detailed and engaging textbook and professional development resource presenting the key concepts in social justice education. The text includes many user-friendly features, examples, and vignettes to not just define but illustrate the concepts.

Book Features:

• Definition Boxes that define key terms.
• Stop Boxes to remind readers of previously explained ideas.
• Perspective Check Boxes to draw attention to alternative standpoints.
• Discussion Questions and Extension Activities for using the book in a class, workshop, or study group.
• A Glossary of terms and guide to language use.

Özlem Sensoy is associate professor in the faculty of education at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada. Robin DiAngelo is lecturer in the School of Social Work at the University of Washington, Seattle, United States.

"Özlem Sensoy and Robin DiAngelo take on an important yet challenging task in Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education (2nd edition): providing a primer that strives to balance complexity and accessibility in critical social justice education for a broad audience."

—Teachers College Record

"This useful guide explains concepts such as prejudice, discrimination, oppression, privilege, and white supremacy. It also provides answers to objections that are often raised when these ideas are discussed."

—New Labor Forum

"...Sensoy and DiAngelo’s book merits consideration by all readers interested in social justice education in pluralistic society."

—Reflective Teaching

“Sensoy and DiAngelo masterfully unpack complex concepts in a highly readable and engaging fashion for readers ranging from preservice through experienced classroom teachers. The authors treat readers as intelligent thinkers who are capable of deep reflection and ethical action. I love their comprehensive development of a critical social justice framework, and their blend of conversation, clarity, and research. I heartily recommend this book!”
—Christine Sleeter, professor emerita, California State University Monterey Bay

“The authors provide an inspired yet accessible lens into how social inequity is reproduced. This is an incredible gift for encouraging their audience to reexamine views on race, gender, and minority stereotypes. This book will change you!”
—Dr. Byron D. Joyner, vice dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official, University of Washington

“Sensoy and DiAngelo bring their knowledge and insights as engaged educators and scholars to this second edition. They have thoughtfully updated their chapters, concepts, and examples for the current sociocultural and political climate of teaching and learning in contemporary schools. A wonderful, accessible text!”
—Annette Henry, David Lam Chair in Multicultural Education and professor, University of British Columbia

2018 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award
2012 AESA Critics' Choice Award