Classified: How to Stop Hiding Your Privilege and Use It for Social Change! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781933368085)

Use your advantage to fight for social change with this resource guide for people with class privilege who are tired of cover-ups and ready to figure out how to use privilege for the good of the world.

The fight for economic justice can draw stark battle lines, with the fight portrayed simplistically as Us versus Them, with the rich in the role of "Them." So where does that leave young people with wealth who believe in social change?

Afraid of being branded the enemy, yet deeply committed to social justice, they're left in a confusing no-man's land. This conflict can lead most young people with wealth to keep their privilege hidden, making it impossible for them to bring their resources, access, and connections to the struggle for social change. Coauthored by Karen Pittelman, who dissolved her $3 million trust fund to cofound a foundation for low-income women activists, Classified is a resource guide for people with class privilege who are tired of cover-ups and ready to figure out how their privilege really works. Complete with comics, exercises, and personal stories, this book gives readers the tools they need to put their privilege to work for social change.

Author: Karen Pittelman, Resource Generation
ISBN-10: 193336808X
ISBN-13: 9781933368085
Publisher: Catapult
Language: English
Published: 12/23/2005
Pages: 228
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.90h x 7.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 05/01/2006