Not my idea, a book about whiteness,, written and illustrated by Anastasia HIgginbotham
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Not my idea, a book about whiteness,, written and illustrated by Anastasia HIgginbotham
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Not my idea
Responsibility statement
written and illustrated by Anastasia HIgginbotham
Review
"A necessary children's book about whiteness, white supremacy, and resistance. Important, accessible, needed." --, Kirkus Review
Series statement
Ordinary terrible things
Sub title
a book about whiteness,
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
Target audience
juvenile
Classification
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Subject
- Whites + Race identity -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Prejudices -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Denial (Psychology) -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- White supremacy movements -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Social conditions -- Juvenile literature
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Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject11
- Whites + Race identity -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Prejudices -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Denial (Psychology) -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
- White supremacy movements -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Social conditions -- Juvenile literature
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator1
- Is Part Of1