Diallo, Habiba Cooper,

#BlackInSchool / BlackInSchool Black in school Hashtag BlackInSchool Habiba Cooper Diallo ; foreword by Awad Ibrahim. - xix, 135 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

A young Black writer documents the systemic racism in her high school diary and calls for justice and change. 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, micro-aggressions, stereotypes, and outright racism she experienced in Canada's education system. Cooper Diallo illustrates how our schools reinforce rather than erode racism: the handcuffing and frisking of students of colour by police at school; one-dimensional, tokenistic curricula portraying Black people; and the constant barrage of overt racism from students and staff alike. She shows how systemic racism works, how it alienates and seeks to destroys a child's sense of self. She shows how our institutions work to erase the lived experiences of Black youth and try to erase Black youth themselves.

ISBN: 9780889778184 0889778183 0889778191 9780889778191

Nat. Bib. No.: 2021023007X can

Subjects--Topical Terms:
High school students
Students, Black
Racism in education
Racism
High schools

LC Class. No.: LC212.3.C22 / N68 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 370.89/96071