ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the reader to the purpose and aim of the text, which is to provide readers with the opportunity to reflect on the covert aggression and violence that occurs within education systems, to recognize the role of educators in fostering such violence, and to provide approaches for ending the violence and aggression. Readers are provided with an initial understanding of the concepts of incivility, horizontal violence, and microaggression and an overview of the organization of the book is provided.
