Bibliograph

Not my idea, a book about whiteness,, written and illustrated by Anastasia Higginbotham

Type

Label

Not my idea, a book about whiteness,, written and illustrated by Anastasia Higginbotham

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Not my idea

Oclc number

1030765865

Responsibility statement

written and illustrated by Anastasia Higginbotham

Review

"A necessary children's book about whiteness, white supremacy, and resistance. Important, accessible, needed." --, Kirkus Review

Series statement

Ordinary terrible things

Sub title

a book about whiteness,

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

Target audience

juvenile

Classification