Not my idea : a book about whiteness,
Title
:
Not my idea : a book about whiteness,
Author
:
Higginbotham, Anastasia author, illustrator.
ISBN
:
9781948340007
Edition
:
1st ed.
Physical Description
:
64 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Series
:
Ordinary terrible things.
Reading Level
:
AD 540 L Lexile
Subject Term
:
White people -- Race identity
Racism.
Prejudices.
Racism -- United States.
Racism -- United States -- History.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History.
African Americans -- Social conditions.
White supremacy movements -- United States.
Denial (Psychology) -- United States.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- Race relations.
Genre
:
Picture books.
Summary
:
A white child sees a TV news report of a white police officer shooting and killing a black man. "In our family, we don't see color," his mother says, but he sees the colors plain enough. An afternoon in the library's history stacks uncover the truth of white supremacy in America. Racism was not his idea and he refuses to defend it.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
|---|
| Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | J 305.8009 HIG | Nonfiction Collection |
| Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | J 305.8009 HIG | Nonfiction Collection |
| Oakdale Library | J 305.8009 HIG | Nonfiction Collection |
| Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | J 305.8009 HIG | Nonfiction Collection |
| Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | J 305.8009 HIG | Nonfiction Collection |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | J 305.8009 HIG | Nonfiction Collection |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | J 305.8009 HIG | Nonfiction Collection |
| Stillwater Public Library | J 305.8009 HIG | Nonfiction Collection |
| Wildwood Library (Mahtomedi) | J 305.8009 HIG | Nonfiction Collection |