stay up

racism, resistance, and reclaiming Black freedom

Inbunden, Engelska, 202312-15 år

Av Khodi Dill, Khodi Dill

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Eureka! Silver Award Honor BookAn incisive, innovative, and inviting take on fighting oppression and fighting for racial justice.Racism is a real and present danger. But how can you fight it if you don’t know how it works or where it comes from? Using a compelling mix of memoir, cultural criticism, and anti-oppressive theory, Khodi Dill breaks down how white supremacy functions in North America and gives readers tools to understand how racism impacts their lives. From dismantling internalized racism, decolonizing schools, joining social justice movements and more, Dill lays out paths to personal liberation and social transformation.Vibrant, dramatic collages by stylo starr complement Dill’s propulsive voice. Fueled by joy and hope as much as by rage and sorrow, this groundbreaking book empowers racialized young people to be confident in their identities and embrace the fullness of their futures.A New Kids’ Books That Encourage Compassion, Connection, Hope and Inclusion —The Toronto Star“Eloquent and inspiring . . .” —STARRED review, Booklist

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Utgivningsdatum2023-11-30
Mått152 x 228 x 23 mm
Vikt567 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Läsålder12-15 år
Antal sidor360
FörlagAnnick Press Ltd
IllustratörStarr, Stylo
ISBN9781773218076
UtmärkelserRunner-up for Eureka! Excellence in Children’s Nonfiction Awards 2024 (United States)

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KHODI DILL is a Bahamian-Canadian writer of everything from rap songs to spoken word poetry to children’s books, including Welcome to the Cypher and Little Black Lives Matter. He is a practicing anti-racist educator and a sought-after public speaker on issues of social justice, identity, and education. Khodi lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.STYLO STARR is a Jamaican-Canadian collage artist whose work centres nature, fantasy, and notions of the Afrofuture. She is an emerging curator and arts educator with interests in exploring hand-cut collage as a grounding and healing creative modality. stylo lives and works in her hometown of Hamilton, Ontario.

the landauthor’s noteepigraphIntroductionsection I: the know-upchapter 1: the gut knows whussupIntuition (gut feeling) as a way of knowing, Childhood and early experiences of racism, police and policingchapter 2: black ain’t a colour; it’s a conceptSocial construction of race, Biracial identity, Bahamian and Canadian identity, Wealth inequalitysection II: personal liberationchapter 3: don’t be hatin’ (yourself)Self-worth and self-confidence, How white supremacy breaks down Black confidence and self-worth; Claiming that confidence as resisting white supremacist structureschapter 4: how to show love, and rage, tooHow Black emotions (especially joy and rage) are suppressed in a white supremacist society, Art as a means of expressing these emotions and as an act of resistancechapter 5: black like you.Blackness contains multitudes, The joy and possibility inherent in expressing one’s own Blackness and not what Blackness is assumed to besection III: social transformationchapter 6: make the old school newThe many ways schools and western education upholds white supremacist standards through, clothing, language and other meanschapter 7: pick your battles and your teamstrategies for confronting racism and resisting oppression, Finding community to share in this fight, The importance of connecting with one’s ancestors/spiritualityconclusionepiloguefurther readingsources