Allan G. Johnson is a nationally recognized sociologist, nonfiction author, novelist, and public speaker best known for his work on issues of privilege and oppression, especially in relation to gender and race. He is the author of The Gender Know; Unraveling our Patriarchal Legacy, and The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life, Practice and Promise and Privilege, Power, and Difference. His work has been translated into several languages and excerpted in numerous anthologies. Visit him online at ww.agjohnson.us and follow his blog at http://agjohnson.wordpress.com