{"product_id":"9780711245204-this-book-is-anti-racist","title":"This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work (1) (Empower the Future","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e20 lessons on how to wake up, take action, and do the work\u003cbr\u003eLearn about identities, histories, and anti-racism work in 20 carefully laid out chapters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Recommended by Oprah's Book Club, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Evening Standard, Grazia, The Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExpress\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Also available: \u003ci\u003eThis Book Is Anti-Racist Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, a guided journal with more than 50 activities to support your anti-racism journey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho are you? What is racism? Where does it come from? Why does it exist? What can you do to disrupt it? Learn about social identities, the history of racism and resistance against it, and how you can use your anti-racist lens and voice to move the world toward equity and liberation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘In a racist society, it’s not enough to be non-racist—we must be ANTI-RACIST.’ —Angela Davis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gain a deeper understanding of your anti-racist self as you progress through \u003cb\u003e20 chapters\u003c\/b\u003e that \u003cb\u003espark introspection\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ereveal the origins of racism that we are still experiencing\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003egive you the courage and power to undo it\u003c\/b\u003e. Each lesson builds on the previous one as you learn more about yourself and racial oppression. \u003cb\u003eAn activity at the end of every chapter gets you thinking and helps you grow with the knowledge.\u003c\/b\u003e All you need is a pen and paper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Author Tiffany Jewell, an anti-bias, anti-racist educator and activist, builds solidarity beginning with the language she chooses – using gender neutral words to honour everyone who reads the book. Illustrator Aurélia Durand brings the stories and characters to life with kaleidoscopic vibrancy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e After examining the \u003cb\u003econcepts of social identity, race, ethnicity and racism\u003c\/b\u003e, learn about some of the \u003cb\u003eways people of different races have been oppressed\u003c\/b\u003e, from indigenous Americans and Australians being sent to boarding school to be 'civilized' to a generation of Caribbean immigrants once welcomed to the UK being threatened with deportation by strict immigration laws.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFind hope in stories of strength, love, joy and revolution\u003c\/b\u003e that are part of our history, too, with such figures as the former slave Toussaint Louverture, who led a rebellion against white planters that eventually led to Haiti’s independence, and Yuri Kochiyama, who, after spending time in an internment camp for Japanese Americans during WWII, dedicated her life to supporting political prisoners and advocating reparations for those wrongfully interned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLearn language and phrases to interrupt and disrupt racism\u003c\/b\u003e. So, when you hear a microaggression or racial slur, you'll know how to act next time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This book is \u003cb\u003ewritten for EVERYONE who lives in this racialised society\u003c\/b\u003e—including the young person who doesn’t know how to speak up to the racist adults in their life, the kid who has lost themself at times trying to fit into the dominant culture, the children who have been harmed (physically and emotionally) because no one stood up for them or they couldn’t stand up for themselves and also for their families, teachers and administrators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With this book, \u003cb\u003ebe empowered to actively defy racism and xenophobia\u003c\/b\u003e to create a community (large and small) that truly honours everyone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55424368214390,"sku":"9780711245204","price":12.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_34962080_e0376c04-3a91-4647-9258-1e7e5b6c8b53.jpg?v=1750931534","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780711245204-this-book-is-anti-racist","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}