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What Is White Privilege? (Racial Justice in America) Paperback – January 1, 2021

by Leigh Ann Erickson (Author), Kelisa Wing (Contributor)

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Part of: 21st Century Skills Library: Racial Justice in America (6 books)

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Race in America has been avoided in children's education for too long. What Is White Privilege? explores the concept of systemic and intrinsic racism in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Kelisa Wing to reach children of all races and encourage them to approach race issues with open eyes and minds. Includes 21st Century Skills and content, as well as a PBL activity across the Racial Justice in America series. Also includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, educational matter, and activities.

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Cherry Lake Publishing
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January 1, 2021
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1534181946
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978-1534181946
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cherry Lake Publishing (January 1, 2021)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1534181946
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1534181946
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 12 years
Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 940L
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Kindergarten and up
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.6 x 0.2 x 8.8 inches

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Kelisa Wing has been an educator for 13 years. She taught 8th-grade Language Arts and Reading to military-connected children at Faith Middle School in Fort Benning, Georgia, has been an Elementary School Assistant Principal, and is now a Professional Development Specialist.

Kelisa honorably served in the U.S. Army. She is the author of 'Weeds & Seeds: How To Stay Positive in the Midst of Life’s Storms' and 'Promises and Possibilities: Dismantling the School to Prison Pipeline'. She is a 2017 State Teacher of the year, a 2016 Association of Supervision, Curriculum, and Development (ASCD) Emerging Leader, and the 2017 University of Maryland University College (UMUC) Outstanding Alumnus of the Year. She is a member of the Leading Educator Ambassadors for Equity (LEAE) with the Education Civil Rights Alliance(ECRA),a member of the National Network of State Teachers of the Year (NNSTOY), and a member of ASCD. She is also on the Advisory Board for Learner Variability Project & Digital Promise, ASCD Global Advisory Council, and the College Football Playoff Foundation (CFP) Diversifying the Teacher Pipeline Working Group. She speaks both nationally and internationally about discipline reform, equity, student engagement, and many other topics.

Kelisa holds a bachelor’s degree in English from UMUC, a Master of Arts in Secondary Education, and an Educational Specialist degree with a concentration in Curriculum, Instruction, and Educational Leadership from the University of Phoenix.

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Dr. Ali Fant

Reverses normal "cause and effect" thinking

Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2023

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This book is written for fourth graders in American schools. The commentary is well written, but the belief in “cause and effect” is reversed. For example, the effect of more children raised by single parents in America than parental couples.

The cause must be white privilege because most dual parent families in America have non-black skin. It is white privilege that makes a child have two parents.

Therefore, the effect is more children raised in two parent white homes than single parent black homes.

Logically, the effect does not make the cause.

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A. Owen

Spend your Priviledge

Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2021

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I really loved this book, even as an adult reader. It is a very digestible summary of the history of white America and how we left out so many of our friends, family, and neighbors from the conversation around "one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." I would recommend it as a dynamic place to start with a young reader or high school student to generate discussion, critical thinking, and a means to back into the fragility so many white people have when taking the time to think white privilege through, put into perspective, and find ways to be part of future solutions.

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Jake

Historical inaccuracies, broad assumptions, and terrible advice.

Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2021

In the first few pages of this book (that’s aimed at fourth graders), you’ll be introduced to a metaphor comparing white privilege to a race. No, not the race, like skin color, but race as in one you would run. Good job at making it confusing.

After this horribly thought out metaphor, the book quickly goes downhill.

The book defines “White Privilege” while using the word ‘white’ in the definition.

Children, from a young age, learn that they are not supposed to use the word they are defining in the word’s definition. Is it too much to ask the same of an author?

The rest of the book is littered with cherry-picked facts and claims that poorly illustrate and back “White Privilege.

For example, the book references a study and claims that: “In 2016, schools with mostly White students received $23 billion more per year than schools with mostly Black students.”

A child would be horrified to look at that statistic. This statistic has one problem though. The study it was pulled from only included local and state funding of schools. This funding is heavily based on property tax revenue. The study purposefully omits federal funding which makes up the difference.

This also excludes the fact that dollars spent per pupil does not have a 1 to 1 effect on the quality of education. A fantastic example of this being the City of Baltimore which spends $18,000 per pupil per year when the national average is under $13,000 per pupil.

In 2019, 24% of the city's high school students had below a 1.0 GPA.

Why would you do this in a children’s book? This is misleading.

The middle two chapters have many historical inaccuracies that are aimed at making children think that all white people were bad and all black people were oppressed. And not all of them were.

Anthony Johnson, a wealthy black man in South Carolina owned 63 black slaves. He was one of the 150+ blacks who owned slaves in South Carolina. This isn’t to ignore that proportionality, most slave owners were white, but when painting with a broad brush, especially with race, it’s important to teach children all of the details.

The book ends with recommending that your child use their “white privilege” (which we were never given a good definition for) for good.

“Did your black friend tell you he was treated unfairly by the teacher? Ask him if he wants you to go with him to talk to the teacher or the principal.”

This is absolutely horrible advice to give to a fourth grader. Do you want your child to accuse a teacher of being racist, especially to the principal? This book is aimed at fourth graders. There is an insanely long list of things a child could think is unfair. If the other student misunderstood a situation, why would you want your child to get involved in such a serious accusation?

‘Hey teacher, did you treat my fellow fourth grade BIPOC friend unfairly because you’re racist?’

There is no good way this could end.

I could go on for days about the other errors and inaccuracies in this book, but there was something I found super ironic.

The book titled “What is White Privilege” omits the term, ”white privilege,” in its own glossary.

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bella yogi

not just for kids

Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2023

This book and the others in the series are an excellent introduction to racism. They are short and direct and not as charged as books intended for adults, though I think people of all ages can benefit from them.

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TFontana

This book and the others in the series are an introduction to black supremacy racism.

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2024

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Jessica T.

Don't waste your money

Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2023

My last review was denied. So, all I can say is, do not buy this for your children. Look into the author's history. This book is very divisive, damaging, and is an attempt to ruin our united country.

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ca_mom

Great Primer for Elementary Aged Kids

Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2022

I stumbled upon this book on the "New Books" highlights shelf at my local library and read it with my two elementary school aged children. The perspective in this book is something that wasn't available in my library when I was a kid and I appreciate the new lens through which my kids can learn about the US. The straightforward language, clear explanations, and meaningful examples presented in this book make it an excellent primer for the topic of white privilege and helped to elicit a lot of discussion.

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Steven

Half truths mostly racist book aimed at children.

Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2022

It truly amazed me that anyone would publish this so I had to take a look at one.

The book is filled with half truths and incomplete pictures that paint a picture that fits the authors beliefs: That all white people are privileged and as a result are likely racist!

The fact that this is marketed to children is truly sickening. Children don't have the wherewithal to research these "facts".

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