ethnic relations

An inspiring and haunting memoir of a teenager who survived the Nazi death camps of World War ll with her mother and brother.

"In 1972, when workers in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, were digging the foundations for a new development, the last thing they expected to find was a skeleton at the bottom of a well. Who the skeleton was and how it got there were two of the long-held secrets kept by the residents of Chicken Hill, the dilapidated neighborhood where immigrant Jews and African Americans lived side by side and shared ambitions and sorrows. Chicken Hill was where Moshe and Chona Ludlow lived when Moshe integrated his theater and where Chona ran the Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. When the state came looking for a deaf boy to institutionalize him, it was Chona and Nate Timblin, the Black janitor at Moshe's theater and the unofficial leader of the Black community on Chicken Hill, who worked together to keep the boy safe"--Provided by publisher.

"For years, the Chinese government had persecuted the Uyghur people, a predominantly Muslim minority group in western China. In 2017, the repression assumed a terrifying new scale as the government established an all-seeing high-tech surveillance state. Before long, more than a million people had vanished into a vast network of internment camps. Tahir Hamut Izgil was no stranger to persecution. In 1996, he was arrested trying to leave China, tortured until he confessed to fabricated charges, and sent to a labor camp. But he could never have predicted the government's radical solution to the Uyghur question two decades later. After the mass internment of Uyghurs began, Tahir watched his neighborhood empty out and knew the police would be coming for him soon. 'Waiting to Be Arrested at Night' is the story of the political, social, and cultural destruction of Tahir's homeland. Among leading Uyghur intellectuals, he is the only one known to have escaped China since the mass internments began. His book is a call for the world to awaken to the catastrophe and a tribute to his fellow Uyghurs whose voices have been silenced"--Provided by publisher.

"A book on how Western nations are often blamed for history's atrocities, while all nations have tarnished histories. This is a thorough argument in the defense of Western values and history"--Provided by publisher.

Susan Eaton shares what she learned about how the racial and economic divide found in most major urban centers across the United States has influenced the nation's educational system and left lower-class minority students at a disadvantage to their middle-class counterparts.

Students will learn about the model minority myth and discover how it discriminates against and holds back Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in America. This series explores the issues specific to the AAPI community in a comprehensive, honest, and age-appropriate way. Series is written by Virginia Loh-Hagan, a prolific author, advocate, and director of the San Diego State University Asian Pacific Islander Desi American Resource Center. Developed in conjunction with educator, advocate, and author Kelisa Wing, these books were created to reach children of all races and encourage them to approach race issues with open eyes and minds. Books include 21st Century Skills and content, an activity across books, table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, and educational matter.

A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps.

"Julissa Arce interweaves her own story with cultural commentary in a . . . polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America. Instead, she calls for a celebration of our uniqueness, our origins, our heritage, and the beauty of the differences that make us Americans"--Provided by publisher.

"Students will learn about the many similarities and differences between United States citizens and how to celebrate this rich diversity in this valuable book. Vivid photographs will help students understand how America's great fabric of ethnicities makes the nation's communities multicultural and strong. This . . . text written especially for young readers is complete with a glossary that helps students improve their vocabulary skills. The knowledge in this book, which aligns with social studies curricula, will help students become compassionate and engaged citizens"--Provided by publisher.