Not my idea a book about whiteness
A white child sees a TV news report of a white police officer shooting and killing a black man. "In our family, we don't see color," his mother says, but he sees the colors plain enough. An afternoon in the library's history stacks uncover the truth of white supremacy in America. Racism was not his...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Dottir Press,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Ordinary terrible things.
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| Summary: | A white child sees a TV news report of a white police officer shooting and killing a black man. "In our family, we don't see color," his mother says, but he sees the colors plain enough. An afternoon in the library's history stacks uncover the truth of white supremacy in America. Racism was not his idea and he refuses to defend it. |
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| Review: | "A necessary children's book about whiteness, white supremacy, and resistance. Important, accessible, needed." -- Kirkus Review. |
| Physical Description: | 64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Awards: | School Library Journal, starred review. |
| ISBN: | 9781948340007 1948340003 |
| Author Notes: | Librarians love her, but not as much as she loves them. |
