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This E-book Is Anti-Racist Journal, a guided journal with greater than 50 actions to assist your anti-racism journey
Who’re you? What’s racism? The place does it come from? Why does it exist? What are you able to do to disrupt it? Study social identities, the historical past of racism and resistance in opposition to it, and the way you should utilize your anti-racist lens and voice to maneuver the world towards fairness and liberation.
“In a racist society, it is not sufficient to be non-racist–we have to be ANTI-RACIST.” –Angela Davis
Acquire a deeper understanding of your anti-racist self as you progress by means of 20 chapters that spark introspection, reveal the
origins of racism that we’re nonetheless experiencing, and offer you the braveness and energy to undo it. Every chapter builds on the earlier one as you study extra about your self and racial oppression. 20 actions get you considering and enable you to develop with the information. All you want is a pen and paper.
Writer Tiffany Jewell, an anti-bias, anti-racist educator and activist, builds solidarity starting with the language she chooses–using gender impartial phrases to honor everybody who reads the ebook. Illustrator Aurélia Durand brings the tales and characters to life with kaleidoscopic vibrancy.
After analyzing the
ideas of social identification, race, ethnicity, and racism, study a few of the methods individuals of various races have been oppressed, from indigenous People and Australians being despatched to boarding faculty to be “civilized” to a era of Caribbean immigrants as soon as welcomed to the UK being threatened with deportation by strict immigration legal guidelines.
Discover hope in tales of energy, love, pleasure, and revolution which are a part of our historical past, too, with such figures as the previous slave Toussaint Louverture, who led a revolt in opposition to white planters that ultimately led to Haiti’s independence, and Yuri Kochiyama, who, after spending time in an internment camp for Japanese People throughout WWII, devoted her life to supporting political prisoners and advocating reparations for these wrongfully interned.
Study language and phrases to interrupt and disrupt racism. So, while you hear a microaggression or racial slur, you may know tips on how to act subsequent time.
This ebook is
written for EVERYONE who lives on this racialized society–including the younger one who does not know tips on how to communicate as much as the racist adults of their life, the child who has misplaced themself at instances making an attempt to suit into the dominant tradition, the kids who’ve been harmed (bodily and emotionally) as a result of nobody stood up for them or they could not rise up for themselves, and likewise for his or her households, academics, and directors.
With this ebook,
be empowered to actively defy racism and xenophobia to create a group (massive and small) that really honors everybody.
R Mulliner –
Part racial glossary and part activity workbook, Tiffany Jewell has created a thought-provoking narrative for the young reader of both racial theory and anti-racist practices. Filled with well-documented historical perspectives, personal stories, and popular buzzwords, this work is a must for any child who asks, “ why do all the black kids sit together at lunch.”Broken into four sections, Jewell invites us to travel through identity structures, windows of personal and institutional history, anti-racism practice and concludes with a set of informative pieces on self-love, group dynamics, and a path towards freedom.A note on the beautiful artwork throughout the text. Aurélia Durand breaths life into this work through her beautiful and creative interpretations of a challenging subject matter through art. Her ability to connecting with Jewell’s narrative is a testament to her tremendous talent, only overshadowed by her ability to connect life to art, then transferring that powerful feeling to the audience.
Danielle A. –
Purchased for my 13 yo daughter. Great book! Excellent for starting family conversations.
Alyssa Click –
I wanted to take my time with this book. As someone who works with kids, especially middle school and high school aged kids and teens, I wanted to open myself up to ways to discuss racism and how they can actively revolt against it in a way that is safe for them both physically and mentally. I will definitely be recommending this to all of my students when they ask me what they should be reading! Thank you <3
Colleen Wilkinson –
This book gives a great clear and helpful view of racism and how we as a society can work collectively to be antiracist. I bought multiple copies!
C. Wong –
Before, I sing the praises of this, I need to point out one thing. It may seem like an odd point but I wish there was another edition of this book for people and children who have dyslexia and those people with glaucoma. It would help to use a font created for dyslexia and to make the size of print larger, For people like me with glaucoma, I cannot read certain colors of print with certain colors of background. An example is the pages that have a bright yellow background with bold type print are very easy for me to read and those with regular not bold are impossible for me to decipher. I have a granddaughter with dyslexia but I do not want to give her this book because she would not be able to read it.I love the illustrations, I applaud Aurella Durand. They are lively and the characters are all different from each other just like in the real world.The activity section is great, I learned a lot about myself. I think every white person needs to read about white privilege and I totally get not stereotyping people! We all have had different family history, cultural history, religious history. We need to understand the whole person, not put them into categories. I scan understand her not fitting in. I do not fit in either. We are all unique. I was familiar with the term microaggression. Now it also good to know that there are ways to deal with it. I learned a lot and want to continue learning. I am more ready to challenge myself and others.
P. Ripp –
In this book, the author and illustrator do something incredible; take an incredibly complex topic to navigate and break it down in a way that allows all who read it to push themselves further on an anti-racist journey. Each activity allows space for reflection without shying away from the urgency and hard truths needed to spur on more action in our world. Middle school and up for sure but could easily be adapted into work with elementary age students as well.
Phillip –
A great read and a better read to share with your friends!
Kerri Richardson Redding –
This is a great easy reading primer to have discussions with young people about race and racism. To pretend that race is unimportant and that racism isn’t happening it’s not helpful. I bought this book for a neighbors child and we read it together which helped the family have a much-needed conversation about race and racism.
Chrissy Brooks –
Wonderful book that not only educates in background and history, but then gives a call to action and steps to take to begin the anti racist journey
Amazon Customer –
Written for youth but highly informative even for the young at heart. The illustrations and questions add additional brilliance to this body of work.
Elizabeth M. Stagner –
Beautiful!
Ash G –
This is an exceptional and very easy to read book that provides history and explanation of racism, and how to move to being an antiracist. It allows the reader to learn more about themselves, and also their own experiences as well. This then leads to recognizing and engaging in anti bias and antiracist work – beginning with you, the reader. Highly recommend!
eliz143 –
Seems to me like a lot of reviewers who rated this book low do not understand what racism is. Yes, you can be prejudiced against white people….. but racism is systemic. Thus, they do not experience racism. I also think a lot them are suffering from white fragility…. writing a whole essay because you do not understand what racism is and crying because white is lowercase …. is baffling. They keep invoking a rudimentary definition of racism to pretend like they’re being oppressed by this…. no…. this is just an example of them not feeling special for once and not being the center of attention for once… so they took to review this book from that place of an easily disintegrated, made of porcelain, ego. Also, please quit tokenizing MLK….. he was a radical man and most white people did not like him…. today a lot of white peoples weaponize his cherry picked quotes to tell BIPOC how to fight racism.
Bethany Castaneda –
This book should be required reading for every teenager and adult. It should be a standard for high school reading, a requirement to work in any industry where you work with the general public, and an expectation for every parent. This book guides you through reflecting on your own experiences, encourages you to identify how your place in the world impacts racism, and provides steps on how you can start living anti-racist.
Jacqueline –
This is an absolutely stunning guide to navigating a racist world and taking steps to learn about your place in it and how you can do better. They should teach this book in schools; this is the book young people have been missing.It’s clear and easy to read (I finished it in one day!) and the message is one of hope and progress. Thank you, Tiffany!
Rno79 –
This is such a well written book, I don’t know where to start 🙂 As a white male, I can safely say I learned a few things and most importantly got a seriously well documented scaffold to build conversations with my kiddo.The book covers a lot of topics, but in short enough chapters that it allows anyone to either take note, focus on each activities at the end of the chapters, or switch back and forth to re-read the content. I love the fact that it ends with some clear vocabulary explanation and a very good list of further reads and other supporting literary work. Everybody should read it. And I seriously mean everybody. This would give all of us a chance to speak the same language on being anti-racists and perpetuating it.
Marissa –
Such an awesome book! Everyone should have this. Beautiful illustrations.
Minu Thomas –
Incredibly illustrated and easy to absorb lessons to dismantle racism and tackle equity/social justice.
Bridgette Bell –
I like the practicality of this book. We used it as a book study and were able to practice with the activities, come together and discuss our experiences, and then consider ways to use the same activity with our students. Excellent! Teaching teams and Administration teams would benefit greatly from this book.
Kathy Oaks –
I’m reading this book out loud to my teens and discussing it, and we’re all getting so much out of it. I thought it might be a little young for them, but it’s not. It’s definitely tackling tough issues, so I recommend reading it together with younger kids for sure. It’s been a great discussion starter for us, talking about all kinds of family and cultural history that I thought they knew or that I never thought to mention. Highly recommended.
Brianna Christensen –
I read this book for one of my colllege classes, and I absolutely love it! It gives great perspective, and great lessons/activities for learning how to speak up against racist ideas
nicole burazin –
My daughter enjoys reading this book. It includes activities that engage her and help her relate more to the material
Black Butterfly –
This is a wonderful guide for exploring and taking inventory of oneself in an effort to join the struggle against racism. I highly recommend it for young activists and those seeking ways to contribute to this worthy cause.
Tanya M –
I am a white adult seeking to become actively anti-racist. This book is geared towards teens and young adults, but I found the practical advice and concrete examples I was looking for. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an open mind and an open heart.
MATTHEW TIER –
This book is an excellent foundation for young and not-so-young adults which breaks down the basics in an engaging and educational way.
Amberlynn Lane –
This book is so great whether you intend to learn for yourself, with a classroom, or with your family. The companion guides available online are great too. It makes identity exploration easy, understandable, accessible, and joyful.
Chanea –
I have read this book twice and now I’m using it as a “textbook” of sorts for my sophomores in HS. As we read, they’re becoming more comfortable talking about heavier topics, and also celebrating what makes them alike and what makes them different. The best part of the text are the activity sections at the end of each chapter: there are real moments for reflection and using the concepts students have just learned (or learned to articulate) in how they think about themselves and their world.The FREE teacher resource on how to teach the text is incredible! My principal decided the entire staff will read this book together and our school now has a common language we use to discuss race, racism, micro aggressions, and so many other important social identities to navigate how to best serve students. This book is also STUNNING visually and my kids love it.
Nimo F Arab –
I love this book!
Kindle Customer –
Presents important concepts in an accessible way. My son ate this book up and we are excited to do the family activities.
G294 –
I love this book so much and it has inspired me to become a better person and it made me more aware about racism and the troubles black people face in our cruel world
Adrienne Harris –
This book was phenomenal for me as a white teacher on my journey of learning about antiracism work, and as a teacher this book is INVALUABLE. So many things I can use in my classroom to help my students discover their voice and power.
customer SMMW –
Good for youngters
Mo Henry –
This book is an amazing opportunity to bug deeper in who we are abs how we function in society. Tiffany take complex issues and presents in a very manageable way for kids and teenagers to reflect and become to take actions to becoming anti racist. I think that there’s a lot of push back when people see the term anti racist “to be against racism” and just the anger towards the term let’s you know there’s work to be done.
Naomi A. Hattaway –
This book was like a balm to my soul. Practical, hard-hitting, but gracious, and chock full of truth telling that not only is for every adult, but for every teenager (and young person, overall) to understand the power being being anti-racist. It delivers a powerful call to action, but with bite-sizable lessons that empowers the reader to take meaningful steps and choices. Highly recommend, for parents, educators and anyone with the power to click “purchase”!
Tiffani P. –
This is a really great read for everyone. It is a great first read for the topic of being anti-racist while also going over the history of racism (briefly) and suggesting ways to support and advocate for BIPoC.
Rebekah Wallis –
This is absolutely a must-read, not just for educators, but for anyone looking to do the work that we all must do to reflect on our own experiences and actively fight against racism. Tiffany Jewell does an amazing job of clearly presenting ideas and information in a way that makes it accessible to those with limited background knowledge about the history of racism and the structures that perpetuate white supremacy in our society. The illustrations are beautiful. I’m so excited about this book, and can’t recommend it enough. Buy it now!
Olivia Myers –
This book is great for anyone trying to educate themselves on the history of racial oppression today and how to help combat it.
leonard c martin –
Excellent book! I read this with a group of high school students and they got so much out of it.
Kindle Customer –
Incredible!!!! I look forward to sharing with my family. Wonderful insights into race and privilege. Eye opening messages for all!
Kindle Customer –
Powerful yet short read! Read this as a oart of a group and found the exercises within it to be very helpful and the reflective work needed to move forward the work of being anti-racist.
Rendi Nutt –
Tiffany’s book is guiding me to deepen myself as an anti-racist. As a white woman who is an educator to young children, this book is helping me to continue to investigate myself and what I’ve learned in through white supremacy culture. I love the activities at the end of each chapter. I am using this book in my classroom, as well. This book is essential reading. Especially for parents and educators. Thank you for your knowledge and sharing it with us, Tiffany!
Cheryl-Ann W –
Great book that explains well the terminology and each chapter has exercises that can be used as a guide to becoming anti-racist.
Jazzy –
So good I will reacmend this story to anybody I really hope that all of you love this good story.
Colinda –
This is an excellent book on racism and prejudice. It is written and designed for teens through college-age, but it is also valuable reading for adults. The author is a biracial young woman who understands that our system is set up by white males and often discriminates against everyone else. She not only discusses racism but also discrimination against women and people who do not identify with the standard gender identities. In many ways this is a self-help book with exercises to aid your awareness.As an older adult, I was a little put off by the use of the non-word folx. I understand for the need for a term that encompasses not only brown people but others who are the object of derision and unfair treatment, but I would’ve preferred ”folks” in quotes or italics. Maybe that’s just me.The writing is clear and to the point. Most of us will learn something from reading this. The illustrations by Aurelia Durand are colorful, artful, and appropriate. I found them delightful. My only quibble with the graphic design of this book is it some pages are printed on a dark background that makes the text hard to read. The paper is glossy and thick enough to last a while. Like most current books, this is printed in China. Recommended.
M.R. –
This is a fantastic resource for upper elementary children and adolescents! She writes this book in such a clear, concise way — defines terms, gives relevant examples and weaves in her own personal stories in a very engaging way I know my students will love. She also has an educator’s guide for this book on her website. If you are an educator, I also highly encourage you follow her on Patreon for more excellent resources, encouragement and guidance.
brian –
What I liked about this book is after being beat down and others trying to convince me that white privilege is a myth and folx trying to find an easy way out of doing the hard work of healing racism by hiding behind Bible verses or finding somebody that will convince them the work isn’t necessary, this book helps you feel like you aren’t crazy or alone for believing racism is alive and well and a huge problem in the world. It is beautifully laid out too with nice illustrations and easy to follow narratives and memoirs as well as histories. I’ve tried starting other books on the topic, but this one just really clicked with me, and I couldn’t put it down. I read the entire thing in about two days. The exercises at the ends of the chapters are also excellent – they really push you and encourage you to keep taking action. I definitely want to get a physical copy now so that I can revisit the activity sections and share it with somebody. This is definitely a type of workbook you want in your anti-racism collection.
GeeKnow –
GREAT read with thought provoking activities that foster greater self-understanding and an urgent desire to do and be better, both personally and professionally.
Heather Carreiro –
Well-organized, confuse, powerful. A call to action. I can picture using this as a resource for secondary students. The journal prompts and the artwork add depth and critical conversation/reflection pieces.
Mitz –
I loved everything about this book! The historical content, lessons, activities, terms and definitions, and the personal connections the author made to her own life. I realized just how much my schooling was whitewashed, and I think my students will too. This book is written for the young person who doesn’t know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life. For the 14 year old who sees injustice at school and isn’t able to understand the role racism plays in separating them from their friends. For the kid who spends years trying to fit into the dominant culture and loses themselves for a little while. The focus of each chapter follows a natural progression from personal identity to collective awareness to transformative action; each chapter also offers reflective writing exercises to relate the material back to the reader’s own life. This is a beautifully constructed, powerfully written, accessible guide on how to be anti-racist. It was a quick read, but provided lots of in-depth examples to back up what it was saying, and was careful to be inclusive and mindful towards all groups. I could see this book being worked into a middle school curriculum, as it contained engaging activities and discussion questions
Elizabeth Boak –
This is a wonderfully practical book to use with kiddos when learning about and practicing anti-racism. It includes opportunities for reflection, individual anecdotes, and concrete tasks to help build children’s (and adults’) muscle in being anti-racist.
Peace4Annie –
I got this book for one of my daughters but the whole family ended up getting into it.
Britt Hawthorne –
This book is a great addition to your home or school book collection that tackles race/racism in the United States. Tiffany, does a wonderful job balancing hard truths with actionable next steps leaving us all feeling empowered to act. My favorite parts, are the activities that build self-awareness and allyship.
Jackie –
This book gives us vocabulary for common understanding, inspires with individual voices, and educates for a modern world.
Ashleigh Douglas –
Everyone should read this to inform themselves, then do others a favor & continue passing it along. This is excellent content!!
Peter von Euler –
This is a book that will make adults and kids think about their identities and their roles in a racist system. I’m looking forward to conversations with the other folx at my school…including my students.
Melodee A. Bourdeau –
My daughter was assigned this book in school. I read it to be sure I could speak with her and help, if I could, answer any questions. That was why I came. I stayed for all the wonderful information and guidance.This is more of a reference book. It’s an “easy” read but one I’m sure we will come back to when we need to as life plus out.
Amazon Customer –
Loved this book! Tiffany Jewell was spot on writing this for young readers— the layout and flow of the book was very nicely scaffolded, and the journaling activities were wonderful. I can’t wait to work through them with my child. Must read for educators, parents, caregivers, and their kiddos. Illustrations by artist Aurélia Durand were beautiful.
Amazon Customer –
This book is a great education for not only children but adults too. The careful explanation and interactive activities make it an excellent read. I could not put it down.
Stephanie –
This book both educates you and empowers you to work on standing up to racism. I’d highly recommend this to any young adult or adult-especially white people. We are the problem, and together we need to fix it.
Kirt Peterson –
This is a great introduction to anti-racism for younger readers and could easily be used in schools. More importantly, it should be required for all American children in any school setting.
Laura –
Joe Mama –
I’m a middle school librarian. I saw this book when looking at others on Amazon, and the price was great, so I bought 2 for my school library. Of course I had to read it before adding it to our collection. I was so excited by it that I told our principal it would make a great schoolwide read.Written by a biracial woman, it’s a great readable book on why it’s important to support diverse people, including races, ethnic heritage, gender, and sexual orientation. My school’s students are 100% on free lunch, and are about 1/3 African-American, 1/3 Latinx, and the rest a mix of Asian, middle eastern, and caucasian heritage. They struggle with the bounds of living in or near poverty. This book is a great way to show ways they can make a difference–and why they need to try.The short chapters are interspersed with lively illustrations. I found it all very engaging for teens.
bbryan –
I teach Senior English and have taught as young as 8th grade. This reads more like a handbook with not answers, but a way forward beyond “don’t be racist.” Reflective activities and writing notebook exercises. Accessible. Well-researched.
Kjg9598 –
This book has a lot of great starter info on being an anti-racist! The layout is fun and youthful, and the writing style is so easy to understand! Highly recommend!
Holly A. Spinelli –
This breathtaking book offers its readers accessible, tangible, real-world explanations and lessons for initiating, implementing, and participating in anti-racist conversations and work. This is a must-have resource for all educators. I cannot praise this work, or the author, enough.
booklover –
My friend recommended this book. This seller had the best price and shipped it very quickly.
Gayatri Sethi, PhD –
Highly recommend this resource for all students and educators wishing to bring anti-racism into their lessons. I use it as an accompaniment to social studies instruction with my homeschooling 7th grader. It makes for an excellent book club selection and teacher education enrichment opportunity. @desibookaunty
Catherine Bruno –
This is a must read for everyone, especially educators!
Jessica –
Easy read, but full of important ideas and thoughts. Great suggestions to get one to really think about who they are and what they believe in.I say it’s a good starter because it’s geared toward young adults, but there are plenty of adults who could (and should) easily use this as their starting point to reflect and begin the work to be Anti-Racist.
Allison Cissna –
I am still currently working through this book and it is beautiful and SPOT ON. the word choice, examples, activities and illustrations are fantastic. if you came here, that means you are looking to unlearn and relearn to really do the anti racism work. this book is a great tool so you came to the right place!
Jenn –
I would strongly suggest every parent purchase this and read it with their child. Such an eye opener and very relatable to any age group.
S. Hubbard –
This book encourages a journaling experience along the way. I appreciated the lessons and opportunities for reflection. I’m eager to share with students and buy multiple copies for young readers to begin naming, labeling, and acting against racism.-Betsy 🙂
Dereka Lint –
Absolutely loved this book. As an educator, I found this book to be very helpful in providing lessons to my students on how to combat and understand racism and racist topics in the world today. The book case in excellent condition, which I loved !
Joanna –
Buy the book, read the book, share the book, buy another copy, read it again, tell 10 friends about it, gift it, buy two more to donate to your library and school, check out the book, read it again, hold it to your chest, and start the work.
Alyssa –
I received this book through the Amazon Vine program in exchange for an honest review.I loved this book! I loved the illustrations and that it’s interactive! I love the prompts that get you to reflect on your own identity! I love that it helps explain things like identity and intersectionality!This is a great read for kids and adults alike! It makes conversations around allyship and social justice accessible and highlights which words people may want to look up and explore more. It’s a really clever and simple way to introduce ideas around anti-racism and what it means to actively be anti-racist.This book is a great how-to guide about doing the work, what that means, and how to do it!
Christian V –
Product was as described
tj –
This book is written for everyone, kids included! I bought it for myself as a tool to learn, grow and move towards action. I’m a visual learner so the beautiful graphics by Aurelia Dugand drew me in.After diving in on the couch for 1 minute, all of my three kids ran over to see the “cool” book mom was reading. They asked if I could read it to them. Twenty minutes later we had all completed the first activity together and were chatting about all the questions we had and what we had learned.This book is so much more than pretty graphics, it’s engaging, vulnerable, empathetic and empowering for EVERYONE. These women put together a masterpiece for you and your family to start the work in tackling racism. Bringing families together to start these conversations is truly genius and a gift to us all. So excited for chapter two tomorrow!
Dawningon –
I bought this book as a gift and had to buy another copy for myself because I loved it so much. I highly recommend this book to anyone, all ages!
bambambig19 –
I enjoyed this book. I highly recommend it to everyone. This book has taught me not be apart of complicity when it comes to racism.