Localizing/Glocalizing Oppression: A Critical Exploration of Race, Class, Gender and Sexuality

Any examination of oppression these days needs to begin with an understanding that the local issues of our everyday lives have global consequences. This text is a testament to the ever-changing global world we live in-one which requires us as global citizens to "think globally and act locally." In order to do such, we must begin with a basis for exploring the underlying issues of oppression in our society. Each of the sections of this book asks us to engage critical thinking skills to better examine those issues as they relate to the social constructions of race, class, gender, and sexuality in the U.S. through both the readings and the "Reflection Activities" provided at the end of each section. To bring the local into a global understanding, the concluding section explores how the "local" issues discussed have also a global reality; thus providing an intersectional analysis of globalization.