Racism and Bias

Fiction

Blackman, Malorie. [2001].   Callum and Sephy love is tested now they are grown and he is a second class citizen, a member of the naughts, and she is a cross, a part of the ruling elite.

Brooks, Kevin.  [2003].  Lucas.  On an isolated English island, 15-year old Caitlin makes the painful journey from adolescence to adulthood through her experiences with a mysterious by, whose presence has an unsettling effect on the island’s inhabitants.

Brooks, Kevin.  [2004].  Kissing the rain.  Fifteen-year-old Moo Nelson, shy, overweight, and bullied by his classmates, finds his life spinning out of control after he witnesses a car chase and a fight that results in a murder.

Crutcher, Chris.   [2001].   Whaletalk.  Intellectually and athletically gifted, TJ, a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.

Flinn, Alex. [2005].  Fade to black.  An HIV-positive high school student hospitalized after being attacked, the bigot accused of the crime, and the only witness, a classmate with Down Syndrome, reveal how the assault has changed their lives as they tell of its aftermath. 

Hesse, Karen. Witness.

Klass, David.   [1996].  Danger Zone.   When he joins a predominantly black "Teen Dream Team" that will be representing the United States in an international basketball tournament in Rome, Jimmy Doyle makes some unexpected discoveries about prejudice, racism, and politics.

Lee, Marie G.   [1996].   Necessary Roughness.

Sixteen-year-old Korean American Cha moves from Los Angeles to a small town in Minnesota, where he must cope not only with racism on the football team but also with the tensions in his relationship with his strict father.

Martin, Nora. [2002]. A Perfect snow: A Story of hate and redemption.

Porter, Connie Rose.   [1999].   Imani all mine.  Tasha, a fourteen-year-old unwed mother of a baby girl, uses her savvy and humor to uncover the good hidden around her where poverty, racism, and danger are daily struggles.

Senna, Danzy.   [1998].   Caucasia.  Two sisters, one light-skinned like their mother, the other dark like their father, are separated after their parents divorce and go on to lead very different lives while hoping for a reunion with each other.

Volponi, Paul. [2005].  Black and white.  Two star high school basketball players, one black and one white, experience the justice system differently after committing a crime together and getting caught.

Woodson, Jacqueline.  [1998].  If you come softly.  After meeting at their private school in New York, 15-yr. Old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is white and whose mother has twice abandoned her, fall in love and then try to cope with people’s reactions.

Nonfiction

305.23 MCI McIntosh, Kenneth. [2008]  Youth with aggression issues:  Bullying and violence.

305.8 ALT Altman, Linda Jacobs.   [2001].   Racism and ethnic bias: everybody's problems.  Discusses issues surrounding racism and stereotyping, including discrimination based on both religious and political beliefs, and sexual orientation.

305.8 ISR  Plunkett, Jeff [2005].  Is racism a serious problem?  Primary and secondary sources from a variety of perspectives.

305.8 RAC  [2008].  Racism

305.8 RAC Torr, J. [2005].  Race relations.  Presents a diverse selection of primary sources representing all sides of the debate in question.

305.8 WHI Kreger, Claire.   [2003].   White supremacy groups.

305.896 KEN Kenne Randall.   [2002].   Nigger: The Strange career of a troublesome word.

305.896 WIL Williams, G.  [1995].  Life on the color line:  The True story of a white boy who discovered he was black. 

306.7 INT  Alderman, Bruce.  [2007].  Interracial relationships. 

373.7293 SCH Scheeres, J.  [2005].  Jesus land:  A Memoir  Tells the story of a white girl who was sent from the Midwest to a Christian reform school in the Dominican Republic after she and her black adopted brother fought back against racism and bullying.

796.323 COL Colton, Larry.   [2001].   Counting Coup: True Presents a study of the girls' basketball team at Harding High School on the Crow Reservation in Montana, focusing on talented young player Sharon LaForge, and examines the social conditions that prevent her and other Native American athletes from reaching their potential on and off the court.

921 BLAN Blanco, Jodee.  [2003].  Please stop laughing at me:  One woman’s inspirational story.  Cruelty that was heaped on her when she was labeled a freak in high school. 

921 DUNB Reef, Catherine.   [2000].   Paul Laurence Dunbar: Portrait of a poet.  A biography of the poet who faced racism and devoted himself to depicting the black experience in America.

921 OBAM Obama, Barack.  [2004].  Dreams from my father:  a Story of race and inheritance.  Son of a black African father and a white American mother.

974 McBR McBride, J. [1997].  Color of water:  a Black man’s tribute to his white mother.               

Websites

Mix-It Up  www.tolerance.org/teens/index.  Southern Poverty Law Center.

Teen Matters.  www.teen-matters.com/home.htm.  South Carolina Department of Mental Health