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A review by andeez
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide by Tonya Bolden, Carol Anderson
5.0
This morning as I walked with my daughter she told me, "Mom - I'm so upset about racial injustice, my friends don't seem to care, and I just don't know what to do!" I responded, "We need to educate ourselves and we need to vote."
We Are Not Yet Equal is the young reader's edition of Anderson's "White Rage", honestly the perfect title for this book. From before Thomas Jefferson to after Trump's election, white supremacy winds its way into our everyday lives. I used to think racism was hidden and only recently rearing its ugly again again. But I'm wrong. Racism never stopped - I just wasn't paying attention.
This book is a timeline of racism in America. The word "slave" isn't used anymore, but that doesn't mean skin color isn't at the forefront of oppression. I wish I had a better answer for my daughter's question this morning. I wish I could tell her, "Do X, Y, and Z" and everything will be fine. Inequality and injustice make me sick for those experiencing it - so I will educate myself as much as I can in order to teach those in my care to do better. We Are Not Yet Equal is a helpful step for this process.
Reading level grades 6 and up. Interest level for mature middle schoolers and most high schoolers. Should be required reading before HS graduation, along with "Stamped" and "Just Mercy".
We Are Not Yet Equal is the young reader's edition of Anderson's "White Rage", honestly the perfect title for this book. From before Thomas Jefferson to after Trump's election, white supremacy winds its way into our everyday lives. I used to think racism was hidden and only recently rearing its ugly again again. But I'm wrong. Racism never stopped - I just wasn't paying attention.
This book is a timeline of racism in America. The word "slave" isn't used anymore, but that doesn't mean skin color isn't at the forefront of oppression. I wish I had a better answer for my daughter's question this morning. I wish I could tell her, "Do X, Y, and Z" and everything will be fine. Inequality and injustice make me sick for those experiencing it - so I will educate myself as much as I can in order to teach those in my care to do better. We Are Not Yet Equal is a helpful step for this process.
Reading level grades 6 and up. Interest level for mature middle schoolers and most high schoolers. Should be required reading before HS graduation, along with "Stamped" and "Just Mercy".