Not my idea : a book about whiteness
Title
:
Not my idea : a book about whiteness
Personal Author EPSB
:
Anastasia, Higginbotham
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.
Year Published
:
2018
Series
:
Ordinary terrible things
Physical Description
:
64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Subject
:
Racism.
Prejudices.
Racism -- United States.
Civil rights movements -- United States.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
White supremacy movements -- United States.
Denial (Psychology) -- United States.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- Race relations.
Genre
:
Picture books
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.
ISBN
:
9781948340007
Publisher
:
New York : Dottir Press, [2018]
©2018
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Westbrook | 305 | Book | 30197000226298 | Non-Fiction |