Reviews
'Not only addresses the origins of racism, but delivers tips on how to create change.'-- Evening Standard, "...deftly explain[s] progressive understandings of identity, history, action, and solidarity as tools to encourage antiracist reflection, thought, and action."-- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review, 'This is one for you, your neighbour, the children in your lives and especially that "only slightly" racist colleague.'-- The Guardian, "A visually exciting and well-crafted antiracist guide for all children. A work that fills a much-needed gap between the feel-good but vague messages of empathy and acceptance in some picture books, and the advanced terminology and theory in young adult nonfiction on racial justice."-- School Library Journal, Starred Review, "A book that brings together kids, families, teachers, and administrators in conversation. Tough, vulnerable, important conversation." -- Matthew Winner , The Children's Book Podcast, "gives tweens and teens the background information and language to understand how racism was created, how it continues to work, and why it's important to fight against it."-- Angela Leeper , Booklist, "...an essential introspective journey about understanding--and disrupting--one's place in a racist society."-- Jacqueline Woodson , Oprah Daily, "...bold in its honesty, and brilliant in its illustrative breakdown of an essential vocabulary on race and identity. This racial and intersectional literacy tool models what creative anti-racist work can look like."-- Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi , co-founders of CHOOSE and authors of Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, and, "I know firsthand the profound impact her teachings have. Now young people everywhere can benefit from Tiffany's wisdom...this book is a gift to our future."-- Jarrett J. Krosoczka , National Book Award Finalist and author of Hey, Kiddo
Synopsis
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 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.
