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Book

How to be a (young) antiracist

Call Number

  • 305.8 K335.3 TEEN (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW, WSQ)

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Publication Information

New York : Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023.

Physical Description

202 pages ; 22 cm

Audience

Grades: 7-9 Kokila.

Summary

"The #1 New York Times bestseller that sparked international dialogue is now a book for young adults! Based on the adult bestseller by Ibram X. Kendi, and co-authored by bestselling author Nic Stone, How to be a (Young) Antiracist will serve as a guide for teens seeking a way forward in acknowledging, identifying, and dismantling racism and injustice"--

Notes

"Adapted from How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi, published in 2019 by One World"--Title page verso.

Contents

  • A brief word before we begin...
  • Definitions : why they matter (just like Black lives do)
  • Of two minds : dueling consciousness
  • Power (aka : the thing that makes race a thing)
  • Biology
  • Behavior
  • Black (aka : the chapter where we start talking about the n-word)
  • White
  • Color
  • Ethnicity
  • Body
  • Gender
  • Orientation
  • Class
  • Culture
  • Space
  • Failure -> success
  • The four C's of change making : cogency, compassion, creativity, collaboration
  • Survival.

Subjects

Added Authors

Nic Stone