Diversity in Mind and in Action: [3 volumes](Race and Ethnicity in Psychology)

The editor of the award-winning, four-volume Praeger set The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination brings her team back together to take a comprehensive look at the flip side of the issue—diversity. The importance of understanding, supporting, and acting to encourage cultural diversity across social, psychological, political, legal, career, and educational avenues is addressed in this one-stop source for the latest research, developments, and updates. Social privilege for certain groups, the oppression of others, and methods to teach diversity necessary for our future are all addressed. Contributors, from psychologists to educators to social workers, also take a close look at programs spurring success in diversity in the United States and globally. This dynamic, revealing work demonstrates that we must expand—and are expanding—our definition of diversity to include, not only race and ethnicity, but also sexual orientation, religion, and disability. The challenge for those who want a society that honors all is to establish equity for all. While full victory in that challenge has been slow to come, Diversity in Mind and in Action makes it clear that there are success stories to be shared—and new avenues to be spotlighted.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Joseph E. Trimble Preface by Jean Lau Chin Introduction to Volume 3: Social Justice Matters!: Social, Psychological, and Political Challenges 1 Social Justice: Diversity in Action Marcia Moody, Miguel Ybarra, and Nina Nabors 2 Aversive Racism—How Unconscious Bias Influences Behavior: Implications for Legal, Employment, and Health Care Contexts John F. Dovidio, Samuel L. Gaertner, Louis A. Penner, Adam R. Pearson, and Wynne E. Norton 3 The Other Diversity: The Cost of Being GLBT in America's Health Care Terri Erbacher, Yuma Iannotti-Tomes, Tania Czarnecki Wismar, Caitlin Gilmartin, Deanna Marie Ryder, Narrimone Vivid Thammavongsa, Eric Watson, and Lauren Webb 4 Immigration and Social Justice: Latinos and the Twenty-first-century Wave Ken Martinez 5 Gerodiversity and Social Justice: Voices of Minority Elders Michiko Iwasaki, Yvette N. Tazeau, Douglas Kimmel, Nancy Lynn Baker, and T. J. McCallum 6 Ableism and Social Justice Pamela F. Foley and Linda R. Walter 7 Disability from Interpersonal Violence: Culturally Relevant Assessment and Treatment Martha E. Banks and Rosalie J. Ackerman 8 The Cultural Context of Trauma Recovery: The Experiences of Ethnic Minority Women Thema Bryant-Davis, Annie Belcourt-Dittloff, Heewoon Chung, and Shaquita Tillman 9 Optimal Aging in Women: A Biopsychosocial-Cultural Perspective Laura Palmer, Masami Tokumo, and Enmanuel Mercedes 10 Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Incarceration: Criminal Justice or Economic Servitude? Natalie Porter 11 Psychotherapy as Liberation: Multicultural Counseling and Psychotherapy (MCT) Contributions to the Promotion of Psychological Emancipation Allen E. Ivey and Carlos P. Zalaquett Appendix: Key Questions Index

About the Author :
Jean Lau Chin is dean of the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies at Adelphi University, Garden City, NY. Her published works include Praeger's The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination.

Review :
. . . Chin (Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi U.) presents 33 articles that collectively provide a framework for examining issues of diversity while simultaneously examining ways to act to encourage society and institutions to value and protect equity and diversity. Chin (Adelphi Univ.) has created a seminal resource on diversity in education, employment, the criminal justice system, and health care--venues in which one can find documented disparities in the provision of essential services and resources to various groups. . . . the current set is timely, given the need for health care reform. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels. A powerful reference for any college strong in social issues.