Not my idea: a book about whiteness
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Published:
New York : Dottir Press,, 2020.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
72 pages: illustrations (color) ; 22 cm.
Rating:
AD540L
Status:
Description

"A necessary children's book about whiteness, white supremacy, and resistance. Important, accessible, needed." --

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.

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West Haven Main Children's Non-fiction
JP-T 305.8009 HIGGINBOTHAM
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Language:
English
ISBN:
9781948340403, 1948340402
Accelerated Reader:
LG
Level 2.8, 0.5 Points
Lexile measure:
540

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Description
"A necessary children's book about whiteness, white supremacy, and resistance. Important, accessible, needed." -- ,Kirkus Review.
Description
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
AD540L,Lexile
Target Audience
Decoding demand: 81 (very high),Semantic demand: 90 (very high),Syntactic demand: 69 (high),Structure demand: 88 (very high),Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,LG,2.8,0.5,510008.
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APA Citation (style guide)

Higginbotham, A. (2020). Not my idea: a book about whiteness. New York, Dottir Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Higginbotham, Anastasia. 2020. Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness. New York, Dottir Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Higginbotham, Anastasia, Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness. New York, Dottir Press, 2020.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Higginbotham, Anastasia. Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness. New York, Dottir Press, 2020.

Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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