Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review Everything I Learned About Racism I Learned in School by Tiffany Jewell. I have given this book five out of five stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I completely understand that as a white female, I’m privileged and aware that I am not primarily affected to the things covered in this book.

This is an incredibly, important and thought-provoking book. Despite the fact that this book focuses on the school system in the USA, I think this book should be recommended to everyone. I can imagine this book can be applied to the majority of schools, as it is based on the institution not solely the teachers. For example, the reading materials that are provided to young students to learn at school more often than not are written by dead white men. If schools haven’t already, I think it’s time to make the change and start growing and expanding the knowledge to learn about important history and widen the reading list as well.

The racism and injustice running throughout this book through the author and people’s experiences made me so angry and sad, knowing that this happens everywhere. It made me think about my school and I think I had one (or two at a push) teacher(s) of the Global Majority out of around nine-ten subjects that taught me throughout my secondary school years.

This is an own voice book as well as other stories and poems told from BIPOC told throughout the pages.

Unfortunately I didn’t manage to read this before it was archived but am going to purchase. The reason I want to purchase is because the cover drew me in and the tire.

I adore Tiffany D Jackson's writing style, especially in her fiction books, so I was thrilled to see that continue into this non fiction. A powerful intense but important read.

I feel I need to preface this review with two things, firstly I am from the UK and this book focuses on the USA, however I fully believe it can be applied to any country that is predominately populated by white people. Second I am a white, cis female and while I am part of the LGBTQ+ community I am painfully aware that I will never be subjected to any of the things covered here. I can honestly say I have never felt so angry while reading mostly at the obvious injustice but partly because I could recognise some of the examples from when I was at school.

I firmly believe this book should be on every syllabus of every school not only in America but other countries as well. Jewell does not hold back explaining and guiding readers through her experiences and others as well. I have no doubt the examples and personal stories will resonate with many POC. I particularly think many will find not only a sense of catharsis that their experiences are not singular but no doubt will also feel anger, as I have said I did myself and I am still mad as I write this. But I also believe that many will find help in the templates and resources the book offers. But for the white reader I believe this book will also be help. It will help to make us realise what injustices and racism go on right in front of our eyes, instilled in us from a young age by the very institutes that are meant to help teach us. Sadly in the current climate across the world this book is exactly what is needed, even if it shouldn’t be in 2024. It is powerful, factual and thought-provoking.

What I Learned About Magnet Schools was particularly powerful, with the mention of learning about very few school integration stories, with shallow understandings. The mention of reading Hatchet was also engaging, but I could see how some might argue for the book being a window and learning opportunity, as opposed to the teacher offering an array of literature, with both windows and mirrors for her students (the teacher was labeled a "she"). "What if she has put forth, on that big brown table, all the possibilities rather than her limits for us?" was a powerful reminder. This book is for readers looking for self-reflection from a variety of perspectives, all rooted in their experience in education. I am interested in seeing the final hard copy and whether illustrations will come into play.

Should be required reading for every teacher in America. I really enjoyed This Book is Anti-Racist, and I continue to admire and feel inspired by the work of Tiffany Jewell.

Sometimes books like this can be dense and slow-moving. Not this one! Tiffany Jewell does an amazing job of using storytelling to highlight the systemic issues our schools present for students of the Global Majority. Although the focus of the book is what Jewell learned about racism through her schooling, she expertly chose others with a variety of experiences and gives them a platform for sharing how schools shaped them.

I really enjoyed the format of this book and the short vignettes made me want to keep reading. As a cis-gendered, white woman, I felt that Jewell’s story was told in a way that led to personal reflection and thinking critically about my own practice. I highly recommend that all teachers and school leaders read this book!

I was so excited to receive this arc. Educating myself on the issues we face with racism and prejudice has been high in my list for a long time. Something I think the whole world should be doing. But this book gave me so much more than I expected it to. Looking at it from the eyes of a white woman, I learned a great deal. But I also looked at it from the eyes of a teacher and this book brought to light so many things wrong with the education system that as teachers we are just expected to accept. Things like tracking and control. Things like out of date literary texts being used as excellent examples despite the majority being written by dead, white men. Where is the freedom in our curriculums? Why does a government of people who have no teaching experience get to decide what is taught to the young of today? Do they bare in mind diversity? I can honestly so i don't think so As a Teacher, you do like to believe that you're making a difference the children you teach but I see now you can just as easily damage them without even knowing it.
Reading the stories from individuals as well as Tiffany was heartbreaking. Noone should be made to feel the way they did in an environment that is meant to feel safe and nurturing. I'm glad this book is out there in the world. Tiffany does more than share stories. She also provides a great deal of information and the rights that individuals have within a school/college setting. I'm glad that it's accessible for all children and students from every race to be able to read and feel safe in the knowledge that if they need to, they can stand up for themselves, protect themselves and be protected by policies and basic human rights.

A great book for both students and educators, about racism in the education system. I'm a fan of the author's previous books and this one did not disappoint - will definitely recommend it to students to read.

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.

This should be required reading in all high schools and colleges.

Reading to moderate a panel of "Good Trouble" Jewell does it again with a collection of perfection-- using her own experience and voices but interweaving stories of others, the approach is easy to follow, understand, and think about. Definitions are used when necessary and the changes in voice lend itself to a variable experiences of the Global Majority who have been underrepresented and oppressed.

Jewell gives readers quite a bit to chew on from how we educate youth (as an educator myself) to questioning what we read in school to working to support others whether it be in roles of advocacy, changed behavior, or shared experiences to better prepare ourselves to share a world that is antiracist.