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A review by dphilton
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell
5.0
Tiffany Jewell's YA introduction to active anti-racism is imperfect. The history section is thin and scattered. The activities are probably overall too similar to each other.
And yet! For me and my middle school students, there is so much to love here. First, the book is attractive. Aurélia Durand's illustrations rock with color and life. Second, the chapters are short, the book is light, and the writing is accessible. Third, the glossary definitions are powerful and they are exactly the terms that young people need in order to go forward on their own, entering global conversations about race, racism, power, identity, and activism.
Jewell puts so much of herself into this book. At every turn, she humbly offers her own experiences, acknowledges her screw-ups, explains the areas that are still murky, and asks readers to engage themselves as constructively as possible after taking stock of our own privilege and position.
This Book Is Anti-Racist will inspire readers to make our world better by playing an active role in anti-racism. It's a downright inspirational How To guide to understanding oneself in relation to the dominant power structures in order to counter systemic racism. Readers will understand how hard this work is and will see that making mistakes along the way is unavoidable. We also see that taking on the work of anti-racism is not only empowering but also imperative.
Tiffany Jewell, thank you for creating this little masterpiece. I will share it with my people including many public school 7th graders in Portland, Maine.
And yet! For me and my middle school students, there is so much to love here. First, the book is attractive. Aurélia Durand's illustrations rock with color and life. Second, the chapters are short, the book is light, and the writing is accessible. Third, the glossary definitions are powerful and they are exactly the terms that young people need in order to go forward on their own, entering global conversations about race, racism, power, identity, and activism.
Jewell puts so much of herself into this book. At every turn, she humbly offers her own experiences, acknowledges her screw-ups, explains the areas that are still murky, and asks readers to engage themselves as constructively as possible after taking stock of our own privilege and position.
This Book Is Anti-Racist will inspire readers to make our world better by playing an active role in anti-racism. It's a downright inspirational How To guide to understanding oneself in relation to the dominant power structures in order to counter systemic racism. Readers will understand how hard this work is and will see that making mistakes along the way is unavoidable. We also see that taking on the work of anti-racism is not only empowering but also imperative.
Tiffany Jewell, thank you for creating this little masterpiece. I will share it with my people including many public school 7th graders in Portland, Maine.