#BlackInSchool
Weight | 0.180000 |
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ISBN13/Barcode | 9780889778184 |
ISBN10 | 0889778183 |
Author | Habiba Cooper Diallo |
Binding | Paperback |
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Date Published | 1st September 2022 |
Pages | 135 |
Publisher | University of Regina Press (URP) |
A young Black woman documents the systemic racism in her high school diary and calls for justice and educational reform.
The prevalence of anti-Black racism and its many faces, from racial profiling to police brutality, in North America is indisputable. How do we stop racist ideas and violence if the very foundation of our society is built upon white supremacy? How do we end systemic racism if the majority do not experience it or question its existence? Do our schools instill children with the ideals of equality and tolerance, or do they reinforce differences and teach children of colour that they don’t belong?
#BlackInSchool is Habiba Cooper Diallo’s high school journal, in which she documents, processes, and resists the systemic racism, microaggressions, stereotypes, and outright racism she experienced while being Black in school in Canada.