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Tiffany Jewell

This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work

Nonfiction | Book | Middle Grade | Published in 2020

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Further Reading & Resources

Further Reading: Literature

The Hate U Give is a 2017 Young Adult novel by Angie Thomas. It is about a Black teenage girl named Starr Carter who witnesses a police officer shoot and kill one of her closest friends. 

In Every Mirror She’s Black is a novel by Lola Akinmade Åkerström, a Nigerian photographer and writer. It provides a look at the intersecting identities of three Black women living in Sweden, which is another look at race and racism in another part of the world. This book is not specifically aimed at younger readers.

Further Reading: Beyond Literature

Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You is a 2020 rewrite of Dr. Kendi’s 2016 nonfiction book, Stamped from the Beginning. The 2020 version was created specifically for readers aged 12 and up with the aim of introducing young people to anti-racist theory while also explaining the history of racism in America.

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah provides a very different perspective on growing up as the child of Black and white parents, demonstrating the differences in how racism functions in different countries. This book is not specifically aimed at younger readers.

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