Gragg, Sanya Whittaker
Summary: "Ten year old Avery is in a panic over the shooting of another unarmed black man. His parents decide it is time to have "The Talk." They teach him and his brother a catchy and easy way to remember what to do if approached by an officer, while also emphasizing that all policemen are not bad."--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GRAEberhardt, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lynn)
Summary: From one of the world's leading experts on unconscious racial bias, a personal examination of one of the central controversies and culturally powerful issues of our time, and its influence on contemporary race relations and criminal justice.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 303.3 EBEHigginbotham, Anastasia
Summary: Explains that although many adults do not care to admit it, color does still matter in the United States; discusses racism and the fight against it; and argues that bias is a problem for whites, but that white people do not have to accept it.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dottir Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.8 HIGCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J305.8009 HIGBlackman, Malorie
Summary: Sephy is a Cross- dark-skinned and beautiful, she lives a life of privilege and power. But she burns with injustice at the world she sees around her. Callum is a nought- pale-skinned and poor, he's considered to be less than nothing. But he dreams of a better life.Then - in spite of a world that is fiercely against them - these star-crossed lovers choose each other. But this is love story that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BLAEberhardt, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Lynn)
Summary: You don't have to be racist to be biased. Unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behavior. This has an impact on education, employment, housing, and criminal justice. In Biased, with a perspective that is at once scientific,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 EBECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.3 EBEMéndez, Yamile Saied
Summary: When a young girl is asked where she's from--where she's really from--she's no longer as she was. She decides to turn to her dear abuelo for some help with this ever-persistent question. But he doesn't quite give her the answer she expects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MENSummary: After the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., an elementary school teacher in a small Iowa town decided to introduce ideas about racism and discrimination to her all-white class. This classic Frontline episode recounts Jane Elliott's bold experiment and its provocative approach-awarding special privileges to her blue-eyed students while discriminating against those whose eyes were brown....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 1985
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Summary: They're an average American family at a typical American restaurant. They also happen to be Hispanic (not to mention that the restaurant is situated in Tucson, Arizona, a hub of our nation's ongoing immigration debate) From out of nowhere, an off-duty security guard asks to see their documentation, and as he grows more insistent, the other diners nervously consider what steps, if any, to take....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Abdel-Magied, Yassmin
Summary: "A vital and vibrant book answering real children's questions about racism, giving them the confidence and the tools to work towards a fairer society for all. Using questions canvassed from children around the UK as her framework, writer, engineer and broadcaster, Yassmin Abdel-Magied gives clear context to the racism that persists today and shows how to recognize, resist and disrupt racist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker Books 2024
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Summary: The author introduces the concept of race as only one component in an individual's or nation's "story."
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2005