Racism Explained to My Daughter - by Tahar Ben Jelloun (Paperback)

About the Book

A modified version of "Racism explained to my daughter" was published in France by Editions du Seuil as Le rRacisme expliquâe áa ma fille."

Book Synopsis

The classic anti-racist book--written as a letter from the writer to his daughter--from the prizewinning author

When Tahar Ben Jelloun took his ten-year-old daughter to a street protest against anti-immigration laws in Paris, she asked question after question: "What is racism? What is an immigrant? What is discrimination?"

Out of their frank discussion comes this book, an international bestseller translated into twenty languages. Ben Jelloun has created a unique and compelling dialogue in which he explains difficult concepts from ghettos and genocide to slavery and anti-Semitism in language we can all understand, and adds an all-new chapter for this edition. Also included are personal essays from four prizewinning writers and educators who themselves are parents: Patricia Williams, David Mura, William Ayers, and Lisa D. Delpit.

Elegant and sensitive, and available now for the first time in paperback, Racism Explained to My Daughter is for all parents and educators who have struggled to engage their children in discussions of this complex issue.

Review Quotes

Ben Jelloun's lessons and tools for discussion are invaluable.