ARC Review Everything I learned About Racism I Learned in School by Tiffany Jewell

Introduction

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Blurb

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Book Is Anti-Racist and The Antiracist Kid, Tiffany Jewell, this YA nonfiction book, highlighting inequities Black and Brown students face from preschool through college, is the most important, empowering read this year.

From preschool to higher education and everything in between, Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School focuses on the experiences Black and Brown students face as a direct result of the racism built into schools across the United States.

The overarching nonfiction narrative follows author Tiffany Jewell from early elementary school through her time at college, unpacking the history of systemic racism in the American educational system along the way. Throughout the book, other writers of the global majority share a wide variety of personal narratives and stories based on their own school experiences.

Contributors include New York Times bestseller Joanna Ho; award winners Minh Lê, Randy Ribay, and Torrey Maldonado; authors James Bird and Rebekah Borucki; author-educators Amelia A. Sherwood, Roberto Germán, Liz Kleinrock, Gary R. Gray Jr., Lorena Germán, Patrick Harris II, shea wesley martin, David Ryan Barcega Castro-Harris, Ozy Aloziem, Gayatri Sethi, and Dulce-Marie Flecha; and even a couple of teen writers!

Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School provides young folks with the context to think critically about and chart their own course through their current schooling—and any future schooling they may pursue..

Review

I feel I need to preface this review with two things, firstly I am from the UK and this book focuses on the USA, however I fully believe it can be applied to any country that is predominately populated by white people. Second I am a white, cis female and while I am part of the LGBTQ+ community I am painfully aware that I will never be subjected to any of the things covered here. I can honestly say I have never felt so angry while reading mostly at the obvious injustice but partly because I could recognise some of the examples from when I was at school.

I firmly believe this book should be on every syllabus of every school not only in America but other countries as well. Jewell does not hold back explaining and guiding readers through her experiences and others as well. I have no doubt the examples and personal stories will resonate with many POC. I particularly think many will find not only a sense of catharsis that their experiences are not singular but no doubt will also feel anger, as I have said I did myself and I am still mad as I write this. But I also believe that many will find help in the templates and resources the book offers. But for the white reader I believe this book will also be help. It will help to make us realise what injustices and racism go on right in front of our eyes, instilled in us from a young age by the very institutes that are meant to help teach us. Sadly in the current climate across the world this book is exactly what is needed, even if it shouldn’t be in 2024. It is powerful, factual and thought-provoking

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