The distinction may be slippery, but it is a major one. If you want a practical, step-based workbooks to look critically at how white supremacy (especially unconsciously) affects you, this is it! Vershawn Young writes about this book: Until We Are Free busts myths of Canadian politeness and niceness, myths that prevent Canadians from properly fulfilling its dream of multiculturalism and from challenging systemic racism, including the everyday assaults on black and brown bodies. We should learn from it now, and we should continue to learn from this.". I can’t describe better than the blurb what this book does: “Punctur[e] the bubble of Canadian smugness and naive assumptions of a post-racial nation.” It’s also a call to action. I’ll be adding it to the list this afternoon. Bread Out Of Stone: Recollections on Sex, Recognitions, Race, Dreaming and Politics by Dionne Brand (Canadian). You are neither solely nor uniquely responsible to fix them. ( Log Out / She writes about visualizing a part of her ancestry: I hold on to the image of my Indian ancestor squatting not because I don’t trust the science of DNA, but because it doesn’t account for all the songs or symphonies we are, or for literature, or for out of body experiences, for my father in the birds, my mother’s awe of the trees, for the perfection of being in the right life, the right body. Diverse Books About Race Let’s Talk About Race, by Julius Lester The Spectrum of Multicultural Lit. (Langham Cultural Society - image credit) As B.C. Just as the title suggests, Julius Lester’s book is all about race. A carefully compiled list of novels revolving around Racism and Discrimination ranging from pre-teen, YA, Teenage to adult. Great list! The Stone Thrower. It can be your job. The library decided to keep the book on the shelves, but stop reading it at storytime, and only promote it as an example of how cultural depictions have changed. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (American). It takes the subject that is often taught as history and shows it as a contemporary issue. "I'm not saying these books should be erased from history," Russo Johnson said. 1 / 30 Photo: BNC CataList. A caption in the book describes three characters as "helpers who all wear their eyes at a slant.". Thank you, and thanks for the suggestion! You can read an excerpt from Galette’s essay about moving to the Yukon as a Black queer person here. He shares his own experiences growing up a visible minority (his parents are Black and South Asian immigrants from Trinidad) in the country where he was born. Many of the essays are odes to Black Toronto. Oct 16, 2020 - French picture books available to TDSB staff to support STEM, Character education and other aspects of the curriculum. It can be passing on knowledge and skills to those who wouldn’t access them otherwise. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as you’re doing something. "If the review determines there are racial and cultural representation concerns the committee will recommend to either withdraw the book from our library collections or move the book from children's collections to another location, such as a reference collection for use by researchers.". 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The concept of privilege violates everything we’ve been told about the American Dream of hard work paying off and good things happening to good people. Lesson plan Divide your class into groups of four students each. Purchase from Amazon. How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (American). Canadian librarians and educators are reassessing several Dr. Seuss titles that are being pulled from publication because of racist and insensitive imagery. Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (British). “Brownman, Tiger…” is a searing criticism of racism, particularly the treatment of young Black people. Dr. Seuss childrens' books, from left, 'If I Ran the Zoo,' 'And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street,' 'On Beyond Zebra!' He writes about attending and disrupting Toronto police board meetings demanding issues of police brutality, cover-ups, and carding be addressed. The authors do not see a contradiction between strong research and calls to action to create a non-racist … Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada edited by Rodney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson, and Syrus Marcus Ware. Picture books that help children understand institutional racism. This list of nonfiction Canadian books by Black authors about racism, anti-Blackness, and anti-racist activism is one place to start. If you’re wondering what the last part of the title refers to, Saad’s concept of being a good ancestor—“to live and work in ways that leave a legacy of healing and liberation, especially for black girls and black women”—is central to all her work. But framed in their proper context, these books can also be used as an educational tool to spur conversation about racism and representation in literature, she said. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 3, 2021. She was hanged, but not before she was “paraded through the city.”. Dr. Seuss, who was born Theodor Geisel in 1904 and died in 1991, is beloved by readers across the globe for the positive values in many of his works, including environmentalism and tolerance. he’s still making picture books and was the 1st Black person to publish a book as an author and an illustrator. I will be adding it to the list this morning. "It's quite the opposite. Food insecurity and access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. Please give if you can, even if it is a small amount. I’ve read White Fragility and found it very useful. But first I want to share places where you can materially support anti-racism efforts and human rights in prisons and the justice system. If you know of an organization or fundraiser that belongs on this list, let me know! In "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," an Asian person is portrayed wearing a conical hat, holding chopsticks, and eating from a bowl. I’ll leave you with this excerpt: You will be called out/in as you do antiracism work. Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present by Robyn Maynard (Canadian). This Picture Book Encourages Diversity and Anti-Racism Among Kids. Here are some books to help get them thinking about it. Some of the topics she addresses include the legacy of slavery in Canadian institutions, historic state-sponsored segregation, Black poverty and unemployment levels today, incarceration and policing, deportation and immigration, exploitation of Black migrant workers, disproportionate removal of Black children by the state, low school graduation rates, and more. ", The decision, which the company said was made last year following a review of its catalogue, also affects "McElligot's Pool," "On Beyond Zebra!," "Scrambled Eggs Super!," and "The Cat's Quizzer.". But Canadians confronted with American news, especially white Canadians like me confronted with news about racism in the U.S., are often quick to condemn our neighbour. How you can help fight anti-Black racism and police brutality here in Canada too. Brand calls Toronto “this city which treats its white rapists and murderers like the boy next door gone unaccountably and sadly wrong.” Other essays are less descriptive and more like political theory. Dreamers by Yuyi Morales. Racism is a complex aspect of Canadian society; while it may not be an inherent and invariant feature of our country, it is also more prevalent than many people may realize. None of those things are true and these books will show you! But in recent years, some of his children's classics have faced mounting criticism over the way Blacks, Asians and others are depicted. Read the books. This introductory book was planned and written specifically as an introduction to racism and anti-racism. The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole (Canadian). Change ). Adageorge 24th June 2020. He tells his daughter: You did not create the inequalities and injustices of the world, daughter. The images we're exposed to as children can shape our perceptions for the rest of our lives, and need to be curated carefully, said Russo Johnson. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Cole divides the book into chapters dealing with different issues such as immigration and Toronto Pride, often referring to the links between Black and Indigenous struggles. Six Dr. Seuss books, including And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street and If I Ran the Zoo, will be pulled from print due to racist imagery. 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For white women (like myself) who consider themselves feminist, Hood Feminism is a must-read. On privilege: We don’t want to think that we are harming others, we do not want to believe that we do not deserve everything we have, and we do not want to think of ourselves as ignorant of how our world works. I felt compelled to write this book because anti-Blackness, particularly anti-Blackness at the hands of the state, is widely ignored by most Canadians. Children shouldn't be able to stumble on negative depictions of other cultures while browsing through a library, she said. The intended audience for these lists are fellow white people; when I say “you” that’s who I’m talking to. (If these resources are useful for non-white people, I am glad for that as well!) That reaction is natural, but it doesn’t make the harmful effects of unexamined privilege less real. Share what you have learned with other white people. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. None of us are free until all of us are. According to sociology professors Sean Hier and Singh Bolaria, racism is not natural, it is rather a human invention that has become real since people started using race as a hierarchical organizing principle . Anything by Ashley Bryan—at almost 100 (!) Great, thank you for reading and committing to learning! Some people are aware that I grew up in an activist family … Since racism hasn’t always existed, there is no amount of racism that is normal or unavoidable. Lara Trump eyes Senate seat, Tracy Deonn on what inspired her fantasy writing, Pop Life panel on how to make an effective pitch, Lisa Robinson on women and the music industry, Wildlife Photographer of the Year Winners' Photos, Emotional memorial for Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna. Because to be equal to the white power structure twenty-five years ago and still today is to have the right to impose inequality. But first I want to share places where you can materially support anti-racism efforts and human rights in prisons and the justice system. Proving that racism is (1) a problem, and (2) is hidden in Canada. "Occasionally, children's books written some time ago are brought to our attention for review," Ana-Maria Critchley said in an email. Are you able to add “Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada” to this list? This book needs to be read and put into practice by everyone. It feels best to start off with this quotation from Kendall’s book which shows us where she’s starting this incisive book from: One of the biggest issues with mainstream feminist writing has been the way the idea of what constitutes a feminist issue is framed. Robyn Maynard, a Montreal activist and author, chronicles the history of anti-black racism in her new book, Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present. It is conspicuously activist and advocates anti-racism within the parameters of sound academic research. 10 Classic Children's Books That Are Actually Racist. by Mark Allen. I read this book in 2018 and found it an excellent introduction to race and a lot of related concepts. She was tortured after the trial, as tormentors tried to get her to name accomplices. ( Log Out / Vancouver Public Library previously reviewed "If I Ran the Zoo" in 2014 in response to a complaint about stereotypical depictions of Asians. Contemporary Canada is the product of indigenous First Nations combined with multiple waves of immigration, predominantly from Asia and Europe. Some of the books were so outrageous, comedian Bob Staake’s made ‘Let’s Hurry or We’ll Miss the Public Lynching‘ parody cover to bring light to the era. If you read through audiobooks, I would definitely recommend the excellent narration by Bahni Turpin. Eddo-Lodge’s book began as a blog post of the same title. Scott Fraser, manager of marketing and communications, said this process is usually initiated by a request from a patron, but the library made an exception given the "extremely unusual" decision by a rights holder to suspend publication. please add White Fragility by Robin DiAngelos xoxo. For Canadians who have likely never experienced systemic racism, it is easy to deny its existence. That makes it easy for them to make smug remarks about our neighbours to … I have focused on Canadian-specific resources. See more ideas about french pictures, books, picture book. Guyanese Canadian author Tessa McWatt’s memoir is a nuanced look at her own body and heritage as she grapples with the topics of race and racism. It explains many forms of protest that occur around the world and throughout history. It is part of the work. But the longer they’re there, the more Milo realizes whose culture is missing: hers. In the vein of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me (both writers were inspired by the same James Baldwin essay), Chariandy writes a letter about race, identity, and belonging to his 13-year-old daughter. While this article does not cover books about racism against Indigenous people and their experiences in Canada, it is imperative that Canadians educate themselves about this reality as well. ( Log Out / This book is the culmination of Canadian historian Afua Cooper’s 15 years of research into this forgotten historical figure. Cole’s work first became well-known when he did a cover story for Toronto Life in 2015 about his own experiences with the Toronto police force’s racist practice of carding. There is no in-between safe space of ‘not racist.’ The claim of ‘not racist’ neutrality is a mask for racism. Happy Pride Month! Thanks for the list. The editors are the founders of Black Lives Matter Canada. Again, Happy Pride Month and Black Lives Matter! "The delivery of education must ensure that no child experiences harm from the resources that are shared.". https://uofrpress.ca/Books/U/Until-We-Are-Free. In honour of the original riot against police brutality that inspired Pride month and in support of #BlackLivesMatter I want to share two lists, one of people and organizations to donate to, and another of books. "We are part of the broader community who have identified these books as being harmful," director of education Manny Figueiredo said in a statement Tuesday. The concept of privilege makes the world seem less safe. Set in the context of children in the city who are awoken one night when they hear noise outside their window. But Colleen Russo Johnson of Ryerson University's Children's Media Lab commended the decision as way to preserve Dr. Seuss's legacy for future generations by acknowledging both the positive and negative impacts of his work. Marie-Joseph Angélique was a 29-year-old enslaved Black Portugal-born woman. It’s a dense book, for good reason as it covers a lot: “nearly four hundred years of state-sanctioned surveillance, criminalization and punishment of Black lives in Canada.” Maynard is also careful to pay attention to intersectional Black communities, including queer, trans, undocumented, disabled, and female Black people. Cole was later told by his employer, The Toronto Star, that his activism violated their policies. I especially want to counteract white Canadians’ self-congratulatory and ignorant tendency to compare Canada favourably to the US and say we don’t have racism here, or we never had slavery here, or police brutality and state-sanctioned violence don’t happen here. Maynard explains why she wrote this book: In combing through the world of research for something that would describe the realities that I was seeing [‘enormous and disproportionate levels of what can only be called state-sanctioned violence and concerted neglect of Black people’], I realized that there was still far too little literature addressing, in one place, the specificities of how criminal and immigration laws, inequitable access to work and housing and other state policies and institutions interact to shape the conditions of Black life in this country. Process their ideas; maybe read them again. A must-read for all white people, So You Want to Talk about Race is very smart but very accessible. Show Racism the Red Card; Antiracism Picture Books & Lesson Ideas (Elementary) The Banning of the Potlatch Celebrating Skin Colour! 6 min read. It can be as small scale as chipping away at the warped power relations in your workplace. Shame on Me: An Anatomy of Race and Belonging by Tessa McWatt (Canadian). I definitely have a lot of books to add to my reading list now. It is a claim that signifies neutrality. Buy these books and support the authors if you can; if not, request them from your library and/or submit a request for purchase for them and other anti-racist books that your library does not already have. SHAME ON ME: AN ANATOMY OF RACE AND BELONGING, new book by Guyanese-Canadian author Tessa McWatt. Canadian librarians and educators are reassessing several Dr. Seuss titles that are being pulled from publication because of racist and insensitive imagery. She also writes about how story–McWatt is an accomplished fiction writer–has brought her kinship and solidarity. Walters is a Canadian author of nearly 100 books for young readers, including We All Fall Down and Run. Saad’s book aims to help you do the work of dismantling your own privilege, with the goal of stopping the damage you do on people of colour, as well as helping other white people do the same. You will make mistakes; learn from them and keep going. For a movement that is meant to represent all women, it often centers on those who already have most of their needs met. Give each group a concept attainment sheet (see blackline master 1—Placemat chart). Oluo breaks down complicated issues like police brutality, the model minority myth, micro-aggressions, intersectionality, the “N” word, privilege, and tone policing (among others) masterfully, weaving together personal stories, detailed examples, and statistics (American ones, though, FYI). The book list is of non-fiction books about racism (anti-Blackness in particular) and anti-racism. Timeless stories of childhood innocence and inconceivably racist stereotypes. We want to protect our vision of a world that is fair and kind and predictable. Burning crosses and racial slurs are not the only types of racism affecting people of color. They suspected she had not acted alone. It's the sort of character who would be played by a sassy black lady in a modern American movie, but this is England, so Martha is just sassy and poor. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. By Alex Mlynek June 1, 2020. Hopefully our Anti-Racist Book List for Elementary Students can help inspire you to bring these conversations to your classroom, home, and/or library! Activists write from Toronto, Halifax, Whitehorse, Waterloo, Lethbridge, Hamilton, and Los Angeles on topics including Black futures, evolution of Canadian Black activism, use of social media in organizing, intersections of Black and disabled identities, queer and trans Black communities, neglect of Black Canadian history, alliances between Black and Indigenous activists, and more! I read this essay collection by Black Canadian lesbian poet legend Dionne Brand many years ago and was very glad I did (full review here). On Tuesday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the business that preserves the legacy of the children's author, announced it would be ceasing sales of six titles -- including "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" and "If I Ran a Zoo" -- that portray people in ways that are "hurtful and wrong. That makes this book essential anti-racist unlearning for Canadians! Chariandy’s impetus to write this book emerged from a racist encounter that he quietly ignored while out with his then 3-year-old daughter. Black Organizations And Anti-Racist Groups Canadians Can Support Now. He looks back to his family history of slavery and indenture, tracing the effects up to the present. Hi! Racism in Canada traces both historical and contemporary racist community attitudes, as well as governmental negligence and political non-compliance with United Nations human rights standards and incidents in Canada. I'm not sure why this little book sat on my chair for so long. It can be creative. books that talk about racism . It is a sharp, personal account of, among other things: racism in Canada, education and academia, political activism, memory, capitalism, immigration, Black women’s sexuality, and writing. The Skin We’re In focuses on one year—2017—in Toronto journalist and activist Desmond Cole’s life. She asked him “What happened?” Chariandy wondered how to begin discussing race and racism with his children. She maintained her innocence but was found guilty of starting a fire that burned down 46 buildings in Montreal in 1734. He attended Cooper Union (the only Black student at the time) and was accepted only because Cooper Union had a blind admissions process (you basically submitted a tray of your artwork). This article specifically highlights Canadian books, but there are also numerous books by American authors being recommended by experts to learn about racism and anti-racism. However I’ve decided to only add new Canadian books by Black authors to this list. Most of the essays in Bread Out of Stone are written in what is for Brand a fairly prosaic style—that is, still pretty poetic because Brand is such a natural poet she just can’t help it.
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