Not my idea, A book about whiteness, written and illustrated by Anastasia Higgenbotham
Type
Label
Not my idea, A book about whiteness, written and illustrated by Anastasia Higgenbotham
Language
eng
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
AD540L, Lexile
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Not my idea
Responsibility statement
written and illustrated by Anastasia Higgenbotham
Series statement
Parenting CollectionOrdinary 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
Creator
Genre
Subject
- Racism -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Prejudices -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Race -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Denial (Psychology) -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- White people + Race identity -- Juvenile literature
- White supremacy movements -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- African Americans + Social conditions -- Juvenile literature
Content
Author
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Creator1
- Genre1
- Subject10
- Racism -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Prejudices -- Juvenile literature
- Racism -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Race -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Denial (Psychology) -- United States -- Juvenile literature
- Picture books
- White people + Race identity -- 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