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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....

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higginbotham, Anastasia (Author, Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Dottir Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Ordinary terrible things.
Subjects:
Whites > Race identity > Juvenile literature.
Racism > Juvenile literature.
Prejudices > Juvenile literature.
Racism > United States > Juvenile literature.
Racism > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Social conditions > Juvenile literature.
White supremacy movements > United States > Juvenile literature.
Denial (Psychology) > United States > Juvenile literature.
United States > Race relations > Juvenile literature.
JUVENILE FICTION > Family.
JUVENILE FICTION > Social Themes > Prejudice & Racism.
JUVENILE FICTION > Social Themes > Values & Virtues.
Prejudices.
Racism.
Whites > Race identity.
African Americans > Social conditions > United States > Juvenile literature.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Picture books.
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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.
Physical Description:64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Awards:School Library Journal, starred review.
ISBN:9781948340007
1948340003