{"product_id":"lets-talk-about-dei-productive-disagreements-about-americas-most-polarizing-topics-paperback-softback-9780807787465","title":"Let's Talk About DEI; Productive Disagreements About America's Most Polarizing Topics (Paperback \/ softback) 9780807787465","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLet's Talk About DEI\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eProductive Disagreements About America's Most Polarizing Topics\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eShaun Harper (Author), James A. Banks (Series edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780807787465\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.6 x 1.2 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis much-needed resource offers fresh, multisided viewpoints on seemingly divisive, politically polarizing issues in education, business, politics, sports, entertainment, policing, and technology. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet's Talk About DEI\u003c\/i\u003e models for professionals and everyday Americans ways to productively critique, learn from, and respond to other people's perspectives on topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). \u003cb\u003eA variety of contested issues are debated\u003c\/b\u003e, including consequences for kids who do racist things in schools, the U.S. Supreme Court's affirmative action reversal, legacy advantages in college admissions, the tumultuous tenure of Harvard's first Black president, legislative attacks on DEI initiatives, and celebrity coaches at historically Black universities. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders will also see how the author and his students engage in \u003cb\u003erespectful disagreements about celebrities and influencers\u003c\/b\u003e, including Beyoncé, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Megan Thee Stallion, Brittney Griner, and Deion \"Coach Prime\" Sanders. This dynamic book includes chapters on Joe Biden, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Kevin McCarthy, George Santos, and Karen Bass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Features:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReplicable models for engaging in respectful disagreements about divisive topics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCurrent issues that are being debated amongst everyday Americans, teachers and educational leaders, politicians, and business professionals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcise chapters pertaining to K–12 and higher education institutions, as well as DEI issues in business, politics, sports, entertainment, policing, and technology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries Foreword James A. Banks  xv\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface  xxi\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Inspiring, Adaptable Model  xxiii\u003cbr\u003eThe Educational Benefits of Being in Touch  xxiv\u003cbr\u003eA Vision for This Book  xxv\u003cbr\u003eProductive Engagement Beyond Academia  xxv\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments  xxvii\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART I: PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT EDUCATION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  1.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e  Actions Educational Leaders Must Take When Kids Do Racist Things at School  3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNico’s Productive Disagreement  5\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Nico’s Professor  6\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Why Politicized Attacks on DEI in Schools Are Occurring, and How They’re Bad for America  8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrace’s Productive Disagreement  10\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Grace’s Professor  11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action in College Admissions—Here’s What Will Happen on Campuses  12\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill’s Productive Disagreement  15\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Will’s Professor  16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Eliminating Standardized Tests to Achieve Racial Equity in Post–Affirmative Action College Admissions  17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlvin’s Productive Disagreement  19\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Alvin’s Professor  20\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Legacy Admissions at Harvard and Other Elite Institutions Advantage White Applicants  21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIsis’s Productive Disagreement  22\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Isis’s Professor  23\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  6\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Harvard University’s Next President Is a Black Woman  25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeonté’s Productive Disagreement  27\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Deonté’s Professor  28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  What It Means That a Black Woman Survived Only Six Months as Harvard’s President  29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid’s Productive Disagreement  31\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From David’s Professor  32\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  8\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  What Deion Sanders’s Departure From Jackson State Could Mean for the Business of HBCU Athletics  33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTimi’s Productive Disagreement  35\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Timi’s Professor  36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART II: PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT BUSINESS AND CORPORATE LEADERSHIP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Why Business Leaders Are Pulling the Plug on DEI  39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMalavika’s Productive Disagreement  41\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Malavika’s Professor  43\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  10\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Elon Musk Articulates What Many DEI Opponents Think, but Are Too Afraid to Publicly Say  44\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher’s Productive Disagreement  45\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Christopher’s Professor  46\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Your Company’s DEI Training Isn’t Critical Race Theory, No Need to Ban It  48\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYamile’s Productive Disagreement  50\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Yamile’s Professor  51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  12.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e  Ways CEOs and Companies Fail Chief Diversity Officers  52\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJuhwan’s Productive Disagreement  55\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Juhwan’s Professor  57\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Discrimination Against White Job Applicants and Employees, or Is It Racial Equity?  58\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKelsey’s Productive Disagreement  60\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Kelsey’s Professor  62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  14\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Repeated Snubbing of Black Kids at Amusement Parks Shows Need for More Complex Bias Trainings  63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLinh’s Productive Disagreement  65\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response from Linh’s Professor  66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Elon Musk Says He’s Hiring a New Twitter CEO—Women Beware of the Glass Cliff  67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamantha’s Productive Disagreement  69\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Samantha’s Professor  70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  16\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  New Bank of America Loan Could Further Push Black and Latino Families Out of Communities  71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenry’s Productive Disagreement  73\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Henry’s Professor  74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Adidas Gets Transphobic Backlash for “Woke” Pride Month Swimsuit Marketing  75\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSloane’s Productive Disagreement  76\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Sloane’s Professor  77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  18\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Target Fumbles Black History Month, Pulls Offensive Item From Stores  79\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSamantha’s Productive Disagreement  81\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Samantha’s Professor  82\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Why a “Lay Low” DEI Strategy Is Especially Bad Right Now  83\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeron’s Productive Disagreement  85\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Meron’s Professor  86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART III: PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  20\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  They’re Saying He’s Too Old: Ageism in Media Discourse About Joe Biden’s Reelection  89\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDelaney’s Productive Disagreement  90\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Delaney’s Professor  92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Who Told Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis That America Has Never Been Racist?  93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachael’s Productive Disagreement  95\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Rachael’s Professor  95\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  22\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Kevin McCarthy’s Failed Bids for House Speaker Expose the Ironies of Ideological Diversity and Homogeneity in the GOP  97\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMariessa’s Productive Disagreement  99\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Mariessa’s Professor  100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  If George Santos Were Black, There’d Be Harsher Consequences for the Congressman’s Lies  101\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMathew’s Productive Disagreement  103\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Mathew’s Professor  104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  24\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  How Karen Bass Beat a Billionaire to Become First Woman and Second Black L.A. Mayor  106\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicolette’s Productive Disagreement  107\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Nicolette’s Professor  108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  25\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan, or Nothing? Why the Biden Administration Chose the Black Woman  110\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTodd’s Productive Disagreement  112\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Todd’s Professor  113\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART IV: PRODUCTIVE DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  26\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Beyoncé Wins the Most Grammy Awards, Becomes the Actual GOAT  117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSydney’s Productive Disagreement  119\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Sydney’s Professor  120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  27\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Megan Thee Stallion Supporters Call Out Misogynoir in Hip-Hop Industry—What It Is and Where Else It Exists  121\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWayne’s Productive Disagreement  124\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Wayne’s Professor  125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  28\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Kanye West Could Lose Everything If Someone Doesn’t Help Him  126\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElena’s Productive Disagreement  128\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Elena’s Professor  129\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  \u003ci\u003eThe Color Purple\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eCinematic Remix Expands Cultural Contribution and Financial Impact  130\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill’s Productive Disagreement  132\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Bill’s Professor  133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  30\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Viola Davis Makes Compelling Case for Darker Skin Black Women in \u003ci\u003eThe Woman King\u003c\/i\u003e  134\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAllison Joyce’s Productive Disagreement  136\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Allison Joyce’s Professor  137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  What the Porn Industry Teaches Teens, Especially Guys, About Sex  138\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMax’s Productive Disagreement  140\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Max’s Professor  141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  32\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  NCAA Basketball Champ Angel Reese Was Called “Classless” Because She’s Black  143\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDestiny’s Productive Disagreement  145\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Destiny’s Professor  145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  What to Do When Drunk Fans Say Inexcusably Offensive Things at Sporting Events  147\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaxton’s Productive Disagreement  149\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Paxton’s Professor  150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART V: OTHER PRODUCTIVE DEI DISAGREEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  34\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  White Guy Says He’ll Bring Fried Chicken to the Black Cookout—How to Recover From Racial Microaggressions  153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSean’s Productive Disagreement  155\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Sean’s Professor  156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Remote Work Can Boost Diversity Yet Undermine Equity for Employees of Color  157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiz’s Productive Disagreement  159\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Liz’s Professor  160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  36\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Black Cops Upheld Institutional and Cultural Racism in Fatal Attack of Tyre Nichols  161\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObianeze’s Productive Disagreement  163\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Obianeze’s Professor  164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  37\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  What Executives Should Say to Employees When Police Officers Kill Unarmed Black People  165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShivani’s Productive Disagreement  167\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Shivani’s Professor  168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  38\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  ChatGPT Threatens Authenticity of DEI Communications From Leaders  169\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShehab’s Productive Disagreement  171\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Shehab’s Professor  172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Rite Aid Facial Recognition Lawsuit Shows AI Risks of Shopping While Black  173\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePawan’s Productive Disagreement  175\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Pawan’s Professor  176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  40\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.  Ways Philanthropic Foundations Can Respond to Costly Attacks on DEI  177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDevon’s Productive Disagreement  179\u003cbr\u003eProductive Response From Devon’s Professor  180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEndnotes  181\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCredits  202\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIndex  204\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author 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