This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work (Volume 1) (Empower the Future, 1)

A lot of good coping skills and good understanding

Author gets the point across concisely and quickly. I think everyone would benefit reading this book to learn how we can make an active change and understand the impact we have on others. Racism is am issue and will always be unless we educate ourselves, and this cute little novel is a good start!

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.

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.

This book was great! It is geared towards young adults but is a great start for anyone seeking to learn about racism and changing their mindset. I spent a few days reading this in chunks so I could think on and absorb the information, which is probably the most important thing you can do. Don’t just read this book and move on. Actually process and work to change your thoughts and work towards a better tomorrow.“When you are silent absolutely nothing changes. You are reinforcing the dominant culture. You are allowing racism to continue on. You not saying anything also tells others you are complicit (okay) with the status quo (how things are).”Since this book is geared towards young adults the language was very easy to understand and comprehend, which is another reason why I think this book would be a great place for everyone to start in their education of racism. The book is split into four parts with each part having four subsections. These subsections each had an activity to do that would make you think critically about yourself and racism. I learned so much about myself from reading this and doing the activities.“When you only read one account of history through a single lens, you do not have the whole truth.”My only issue with this book is the use of “folx” instead of “folks.” I know “folx” is gender neutral and I can understand why she chose it but I found myself reading this as “fox” which as you can imagine caused some problems.Overall, this was a wonderful book and I think everyone should read this book.

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.

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

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!

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Amazingly written book! The author Tiffany Jewel does a phenomenal job at writing about complex issues, and teach the language and vocabulary in a way that suit a wide age group. It is deep, but she breaks down the content in ways children can understand by using examples and her life. After each section in the book there are activities for self exploration, and she also shares her examples of what she discovered about herself doing the activities. Issues include, allyship, anti-racism, prejudice, gender, sexual orientation, global majority etc.The illustrations are absolutely beautiful, and filled with images that represent the Global Majority. Love, love, love it!I used this book with middle school students, but I would say it could be used with younger and most definitely older children/students. I would even suggest getting this to read at home with the family. It is such a powerful book, as it allows for self discovery, enlightenment of the diversity of others, and empowers readers to take action to be anti-racist and take action in realistic ways.MUST HAVE BOOK for home or classroom!

Compré este libro porque lo vi en Instagram y cuál ha sido mi sorpresa que, a parte de precioso y detallado estéticamente al milímetro, es muy instructivo. El libro está en inglés y como pega pondré que los ejemplos se centran en EEUU y R.U pero bueno, si estás interesado en saber los datos concretos sobre tu país, puedes complementar esa información con Google.Muy interesante para crear unidades didácticas en la asignatura de valores sociales y cívicos y/o tutoría.

If you are looking for a book to talk about racism with your child - then you should find this book very informative. I wasn't sure how to talk about this topic with my 11 years old and I am finding this book incredibly useful. We read it together in the evening for 20 mins or so. We discuss topics/thoughts that are in the books and share our thoughts and ideas. The illustrations are really beautiful and vibrant and we often end up flicking through the pages to find our favourite ones. So yes, if you are looking at educating yourself and you kid on the subject of race and discrimination then I would recommend this book.

This is probably one of the most amazing books for children. It’s colourful, engaging and very insightful! I plan on using it for my tutoring program. Excellent book! Excited to use it!