Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School by Tiffany Jewell

Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School

Tiffany Jewell

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · February 27, 2024

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Who it’s for
A school-focused look at systemic racism pairs personal experience with the history behind it.
Themes
Systemic racism in U.S. schools, Black and Brown students' experiences, Personal school narratives
Genres
Prejudice & Racism for Teens, School & Education for Teens, Activism & Social Justice

About this book

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.

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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.

School, Seen Clearly

A school-focused look at systemic racism pairs personal experience with the history behind it.

Come here for

  • Connect school experiences with the structures shaping them
  • Read personal narratives from contributors about their school experiences

Expect

  • A narrative following Tiffany Jewell from elementary school through college
  • Context on systemic racism in U.S. education

Where it sits

Prejudice & Racism for Teens89%
School & Education for Teens58%
Activism & Social Justice27%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Cultural Heritage Lives
  • Activist Biographies
  • Women's Lives
  • 20th Century America for Teens
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  • 21st Century America for Teens
  • School & Education for Teens
  • Class & Inequality for Teens
  • Prejudice & Racism for Teens
Authors
Tiffany Jewell
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
February 27, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Systemic racism in U.S. schools · Black and Brown students' experiences · Personal school narratives
Reading lane
Cultural Heritage Lives