The Future of White Men and Other Diversity Dilemmas

by Joan Steinau Lester

Book Overview

This refreshing handbook--equally useful in the boardroom, the classroom, and the living room--captures insightful lessons from personal encounters with diversity. Award-winning author Dr. Joan Lester... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0943233658
• ISBN13: 9780943233659
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Conari Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

deals with societal changes

As our society becomes more diverse in terms of race/ethnicity and religion, as women gain more power and gays and lesbians become a larger part of the mainstream, we need to find wasy to address these changes. How can we really move foreword if we are not able to discuss these important changes?Future of white men deals with how we all need to come toghether to build a more cohesive society to address our problems and move foreword. The author deals with issues such as diversity questions that people have like when to refer to people's ethnic background and if religous displays at places like work are acceptable or not. It also deals with how to be an ally to groups that need to be represented and the types of names that we need to address differnt groups by.

A book written by a literal diversity expert.

The thing that I was most impressed with by this book was how the author shared her personal experiences to bring home her points and recommendations. Joan Steinau Lester had been part of the civil rights movement and is a white woman who married a black man and had children in this marriage. She was married twice and now has a life partner. She definitely has the credentials, both professional and personal, to provide her sound and thoughtful advice