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This book is anti-racist / by Tiffany Jewell ; illustrated by Aurélia Durand.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Description: 160 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780711245211
  • 0711245215
  • 9780711245204
  • 0711245207
Other title:
  • This book is antiracist
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Waking up: understanding and growing into my identities. Who am I? ; What are my social identities? ; What is race? What is ethnicity? ; What is racism? (personal) ; What is racism (institutional) -- Opening the window: making sense of the world. Prejudice is personal ; The history we carry ; Knowing our history ; We are our history -- Choosing my path: taking action and responding to racism. Disrupt! ; Take action! ; Interrupt! ; Solidarity ; Calling in and calling out -- Holding the door open: working in solidarity against racism. Spending that privilege ; Allyship ; Building relationships ; Love yourself ; How we grow ; Our freedom.
Summary: "Learn about identities, true histories, and anti-racism work ... This book is written so young people will feel empowered to stand up to the adults in their lives. This book will give them the language and ability to understand racism and a drive to undo it"-- Cover.Summary: This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends. For the kid who spends years trying to fit into the dominant culture and loses themselves for a little while. It's for all of the Black and Brown children who have been harmed (physically and emotionally) because no one stood up for them or they couldn't stand up for themselves; because the colour of their skin, the texture of their hair, their names made white folx feel scared and threatened. It is written so children and young adults will feel empowered to stand up to the adults who continue to close doors in their faces. This book will give them the language and ability to understand racism and a drive to undo it. In short, it is for everyone.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 305.8 J59 Available 33111010386270
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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Recommended by Oprah's Book Club, ESSENCE , We Need Diverse Books, ellentube, Brit + Co, PureWow, Teen Vogue , Time , New York , USA TODAY , and TODAY.com



Also available: This Book Is Anti-Racist Journal , a guided journal with more than 50 activities to support your anti-racism journey





Who are you? What is racism? Where does it come from? Why does it exist? What can you do to disrupt it? Learn about social identities, the history of racism and resistance against it, and how you can use your anti-racist lens and voice to move the world toward equity and liberation.



"In a racist society, it's not enough to be non-racist--we must be ANTI-RACIST." --Angela Davis



Gain a deeper understanding of your anti-racist self as you progress through 20 chapters that spark introspection , reveal the origins of racism that we are still experiencing , and give you the courage and power to undo it . Each lesson builds on the previous one as you learn more about yourself and racial oppression. An activity at the end of every chapter gets you thinking and helps you grow with the knowledge. All you need is a pen and paper.



Author Tiffany Jewell, an anti-bias, anti-racist educator and activist, builds solidarity beginning with the language she chooses--using gender neutral words to honor everyone who reads the book. Illustrator Aurélia Durand brings the stories and characters to life with kaleidoscopic vibrancy.



After examining the concepts of social identity, race, ethnicity, and racism , learn about some of the ways people of different races have been oppressed , from indigenous Americans and Australians being sent to boarding school to be "civilized" to a generation of Caribbean immigrants once welcomed to the UK being threatened with deportation by strict immigration laws.



Find hope in stories of strength, love, joy, and revolution that are part of our history, too, with such figures as the former slave Toussaint Louverture, who led a rebellion against white planters that eventually led to Haiti's independence, and Yuri Kochiyama, who, after spending time in an internment camp for Japanese Americans during WWII, dedicated her life to supporting political prisoners and advocating reparations for those wrongfully interned.



Learn language and phrases to interrupt and disrupt racism . So, when you hear a microaggression or racial slur, you'll know how to act next time.



This book is written for EVERYONE who lives in this racialized society --including the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life, the kid who has lost themself at times trying to fit into the dominant culture, the children who have been harmed (physically and emotionally) because no one stood up for them or they couldn't stand up for themselves, and also for their families, teachers, and administrators.



With this book, be empowered to actively defy racism and xenophobia to create a community (large and small) that truly honors everyone.

"20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work" -- cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-159).

"Learn about identities, true histories, and anti-racism work ... This book is written so young people will feel empowered to stand up to the adults in their lives. This book will give them the language and ability to understand racism and a drive to undo it"-- Cover.

This book is written for the young person who doesn't know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn't able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends. For the kid who spends years trying to fit into the dominant culture and loses themselves for a little while. It's for all of the Black and Brown children who have been harmed (physically and emotionally) because no one stood up for them or they couldn't stand up for themselves; because the colour of their skin, the texture of their hair, their names made white folx feel scared and threatened. It is written so children and young adults will feel empowered to stand up to the adults who continue to close doors in their faces. This book will give them the language and ability to understand racism and a drive to undo it. In short, it is for everyone.

Waking up: understanding and growing into my identities. Who am I? ; What are my social identities? ; What is race? What is ethnicity? ; What is racism? (personal) ; What is racism (institutional) -- Opening the window: making sense of the world. Prejudice is personal ; The history we carry ; Knowing our history ; We are our history -- Choosing my path: taking action and responding to racism. Disrupt! ; Take action! ; Interrupt! ; Solidarity ; Calling in and calling out -- Holding the door open: working in solidarity against racism. Spending that privilege ; Allyship ; Building relationships ; Love yourself ; How we grow ; Our freedom.

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