Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness
By Higginbotham, Anastasia
Themes flagged by parents·5
Activism
This book contains activist themes.
Anti-Police
This book contains language or pictures opposed to or hostile towards police.
Anti-White
This book contains language or pictures opposed to or hostile towards white people.
Racism
This books contains content that discriminates and/or prejudice against people based on their race or ethnicity.
Female Protagonist
The leading character in this book is female.
Synopsis
Part of the Ordinary Terrible Things series, a white child sees TV coverage of a police shooting—and has some questions.
Not My Idea is a sincere look at racial hierarchies—usually unspoken—that exist in America, and kids notice. It’s a gentle primer that helps white children see how white people have been socialized to see themselves as outside of conversations about race—and thus not part of ending racism. It’s written for children, so it is simple enough for adults to understand, if they are curious and open to new ideas.
Not My Idea is a sincere look at racial hierarchies—usually unspoken—that exist in America, and kids notice. It’s a gentle primer that helps white children see how white people have been socialized to see themselves as outside of conversations about race—and thus not part of ending racism. It’s written for children, so it is simple enough for adults to understand, if they are curious and open to new ideas.
Details
- Publisher
- Dottir Press
- ISBN-10
- 1948340003
- ISBN-13
- 9781948340007
- Reading age
- 3 – 9
- Grade level
- 4 – 6
- Pages
- 64
- Published
- 2018
- Added to shelf
- Dec 8, 2023