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Our 2021 Milwaukee County Teen Book Award winner is Stamped by Dr. Ibram Kendi and Jason Reynolds! This informative non-fiction work is the first non-fiction winner of the Milwaukee County Teen Book Award.
This year’s honors go to, The Assignment by local author Liza Weimer, which was also the winner of the teen vote, as well as, Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo and I’ll Be the One by Lyla Lee.
Congratulations to all the winners!
Thank you to everyone who promoted, voted, and participated in MCTBA 2021!
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Award-winning author Ibram X. Kendi asked Jason Reynolds to create a remix version of his Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America. In this work, Reynolds was given the task to simplify a scholarly book to create an edition that youth can easily read and understand. This is where Stamped was published. Stamped is an accessible book created for youth to understand U.S. history and the different layers of racism that have happened since the beginning of this nation to modern day events.
For those who enjoy informational books - you can now look forward to books like Stamped becoming part of MCTBA lists. This year is the first year the committee decided to add non-fiction to the list of titles. Stamped is a MCTBA worthy nonfiction because it puts a different lens on U.S. history. Events that have been traditionally taught through a white man’s point-of- view can now be seen from the eyes of black and brown people. It also shows how U.S. history has always had racism intertwined into it and how everyone has not been treated equally. Reynolds’s point-of-view should help youth think about how change must continue. Hopefully this book will help future generations create change; help create anti-racist thinkers that will help this nation evolve into a nation where people are someday truly treated equally.
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Ted Cruz May Have Just Boosted Sales For The Anti-Racist Children’s Book He Attacked
“Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) made a big production on Tuesday about how wrong it is that children’s books promoting anti-racism are being taught at a private school in Washington, D.C., where Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson is a board member.”
A day later, the very same book “Antiracist Baby" is a No. 1 bestseller on Amazon. Ha!✊
“The opposite of racist isn’t ‘not racist.’ It is 'anti-racist.’ What’s the difference? One endorses either the idea of a racial hierarchy as a racist, or racial equality as an anti-racist. One either believes problems are rooted in groups of people, as a racist, or locates the roots of problems in power and policies, as an anti-racist. One either allows racial inequities to persevere, as a racist, or confronts racial inequities, as an anti-racist. There is no in-between safe space of 'not racist.”
—Ibram X. Kendi, from How to Be an Antiracist
I read a lot of good books and comics this year. I even made my goal of 100 in the GoodReads Challenge. I had to leave off a lot of good books, but I think I managed to narrow it down to the best of them. I’ve been posting these over at my other blog for the last few years.
- How to be an Anti-Racist- Imbram X. Kendi
- Fence - C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad, & Joana LaFuente
- The Kingdom of Copper -S.A. Chakraborty
- The Hate U Give- Angie Thomas
- Insexts-Marguerite Bennett, Ariela Kristantina, Bryan Valenza, Jessica Kholinne, & A Larger World
- These Savage Shores- Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vitorio Astone, Aditya Bidkar
- Wild Seed -Octavia E. Butler
- Solutions and Other Problems -Allie Brosh
- American Rule-Jared Yates Sexton
- Heavenly Blues - Ben Kahn & Bruno Hidalgo
Honorable Mentions:
- We Are the Ants- Shaun David Hutchinson
- Archie vs. Predator- Alex de Campi, Fernando Ruiz, Fernando Ruiz, Rick Koslowski, John Workman, & Jason Millet
- Bloom- Kevin Panetta & Savanna Ganucheau
- Over the Top: A Raw Journey of Self Love- Jonathan Van Ness
Kick-Ass Ongoing Series:
- Sex Criminals- Matt Fraction & Chip Zdarsky
- X-Men: Messiah Complex- Ed Brubaker, Mike Carey, Peter David, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Marc Silvestri, Billy Tan, Scot Eaton, Humberto Ramos, Chris Bachalo, & Others.
- Animosity- Marguerite Bennett, Rafael de Latorre, & Rob Schwager
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers - Ryan Parrott, Daniele Di Nicuolo, Walter Baiamonte & Others.
(Favorite Books & Comics 2017, 2016,2015,2014,2013,2012).
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“… the only thing wrong with Black people is that we think something is wrong with Black people.”— Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from Beginning
“Free speech—in its open-minded search for truth—produces lively debates, growing intelligence, and mutual love. Unfree speech—in its close-minded defense of falsehoods—produces arguments, ignorance, and hate.”
-Ibram X. Kendi
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