Not my idea: a book about whiteness

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Higginbotham, Anastasia
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Ordinary terrible things
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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.
"A necessary children's book about whiteness, white supremacy, and resistance. Important, accessible, needed." --

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African Americans
African Americans -- Social conditions -- Juvenile literature
Civil rights movements
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
Denial (Psychology)
Denial (Psychology) -- United States -- Juvenile literature
History
Picture books
Prejudices
Prejudices -- Juvenile literature
Race identity
Race relations
Race relations -- Juvenile literature
Racism
Racism -- Juvenile literature
Racism -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
Racism -- United States -- Juvenile literature
Social conditions
United States -- Race relations -- Juvenile literature
White people
White people -- Race identity -- Juvenile literature
White supremacy movements
White supremacy movements -- United States -- Juvenile literature

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ISBN:
9781948340403
9781948340007
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Last Grouping Update2025-06-27 04:20:29AM
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