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Accountable : the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed / Dashka Slater.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 480 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374314347
  • 0374314349
Other title:
  • True story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed
Subject(s): Summary: "When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as "edgy" humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew. Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account's discovery. Not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created the account. Not the group of kids who followed it. Not the adults--educators and parents--whose attempts to fix things too often made them worse. In the end, no one was laughing. And everyone was left asking: Where does accountability end for online speech that harms? And what does accountability even mean?" -- Page [2] of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 371.829 S631 Available 33111011078504
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction New 371.829 S631 Checked out 06/05/2024 33111011316821
Adult Book Adult Book Northport Library NonFiction 371.829 S631 Checked out 06/08/2024 33111011132483
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Not funny. When a high schooler started a private Instagram that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as "edgy" humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew.No one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account's discovery. Not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created the account. Not the group of kids who followed it. Not the adults whose attempts to fix things too often made them worse. In the end, no one was laughing. And everyone was left asking: Where does accountability end for online speech that harms? And what does accountability even mean?

Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-480).

"When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as "edgy" humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew. Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account's discovery. Not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created the account. Not the group of kids who followed it. Not the adults--educators and parents--whose attempts to fix things too often made them worse. In the end, no one was laughing. And everyone was left asking: Where does accountability end for online speech that harms? And what does accountability even mean?" -- Page [2] of cover.

Ages 12 and up Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.

Grades 10-12 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers.

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