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Teachers who practice social justice pedagogy face the challenge of engaging, confronting, and discomforting students around issues of privilege. Indeed, defining and recognizing privilege in daily life or mainstream culture is an essential first step to furthering the goals of social justice education, especially among the privileged themselves. Teachers encounter students’ confusion, anxiety, guilt, or even ambivalence about how privilege affects oneself and others.
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Simone, L.P. (2016). Magic as Privilege in Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson’s Wheel of Time Epic Fantasy Series. In: Fabrizi, M.A. (eds) Fantasy Literature. Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors And Genres. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-758-0_11
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