Is Everyone Really Equal?

An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education

James A Banks author Robin DiAngelo author Özlem Sensoy author James A Banks editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Teachers' College Press

Published:28th Jul '17

Should be back in stock very soon

Is Everyone Really Equal? cover

This is the new edition of the award-winning guide to social justice education.

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.
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"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

ISBN: 9780807764275

Dimensions: 235mm x 162mm x 18mm

Weight: 572g

288 pages

2nd edition