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cupofbooksreviews's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
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5.0
Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School by Tiffany Jewell. I have given this book five out of five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I completely understand that as a white female, I’m privileged and aware that I am not primarily affected to the things covered in this book.
This is an incredibly, important and thought-provoking book. Despite the fact that this book focuses on the school system in the USA, I think this book should be recommended to everyone. I can imagine this book can be applied to the majority of schools, as it is based on the institution not solely the teachers. For example, the reading materials that are provided to young students to learn at school more often than not are written by dead white men. If schools haven’t already, I think it’s time to make the change and start growing and expanding the knowledge to learn about important history and widen the reading list as well.
The racism and injustice running throughout this book through the author and people’s experiences made me so angry and sad, knowing that this happens everywhere. It made me think about my school and I think I had one (or two at a push) teacher(s) of the Global Majority out of around nine-ten subjects that taught me throughout my secondary school years.
This is an own voice book as well as other stories and poems told from BIPOC told throughout the pages.
I completely understand that as a white female, I’m privileged and aware that I am not primarily affected to the things covered in this book.
This is an incredibly, important and thought-provoking book. Despite the fact that this book focuses on the school system in the USA, I think this book should be recommended to everyone. I can imagine this book can be applied to the majority of schools, as it is based on the institution not solely the teachers. For example, the reading materials that are provided to young students to learn at school more often than not are written by dead white men. If schools haven’t already, I think it’s time to make the change and start growing and expanding the knowledge to learn about important history and widen the reading list as well.
The racism and injustice running throughout this book through the author and people’s experiences made me so angry and sad, knowing that this happens everywhere. It made me think about my school and I think I had one (or two at a push) teacher(s) of the Global Majority out of around nine-ten subjects that taught me throughout my secondary school years.
This is an own voice book as well as other stories and poems told from BIPOC told throughout the pages.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs
artist_lace's review against another edition
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This important collection includes personal narratives of lived experiences of racism in school from individuals in the United States. Between these reflections there are explanations of the effects of colonization, systemic racism, and the criminal justice system on the history of racial injustice. There are also plenty of helpful definitions allowing a reader who may be new to these topics to better understand things like the differences between prejudice and bias, gentrification in our neighborhoods, and the progress of social justice movements.
drnop's review
5.0
Just what my educator heart needed. This book is filled with stories from peers who now have the language and power to say what is needed in schools based on their school experiences. There’s a story about Hatchet and it reminds me of my experience with The Scarlet Letter. KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE! Tiffany Jewell made it happen. This book will be added to a course I’m designing. It should be required reading for future educators. It pushes the right buttons and prompts the right conversations. We need more like you, Tiffany Jewell! We desperately need more like you. Thank you!!