Foundation of Education and Social Justice

Privilege Power and Difference by Alan Johnson Quotes In the short book titled Privilege Power and Difference by Alan Johnson he solely focuses on the topic of surrounding issues in our society relating to gender, race, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and social class. He educates his readers on what each topic is about and how it is a problem in our world, and that we need to fix the problem in order to stop it from going on to the next generation. Johnson writes this book to help readers understand privilege and power without guilt or a feeling of defensiveness but to encourage them to take responsibility and be part of change. Throughout this book there were a couple of quotes I picked out that really stood out to me. In particular what Johnson introduced Rodney King and how he suffered a brutal beating from the police, King made a stamen that struck a large impact on society, "Can't we all just get along" (Page one). This statement is something I have always thought ab...

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