Anti-Racism Picture Book
The title of the book I chose is The Other Side by Jacqueline Woodson. This is the link for a flip-book version https://online.fliphtml5.com/iyfow/dyul/#p=8. This book address anti-racism by having the little girls interact with one another and become friends even when their mothers told them not to go to the other side. Clover's mom told her that the other side of the fence "wasn't safe"(3). This was due to the fact that Clover's family was Black and the other side was White. Towards the end it the books address's anti-racism by having Clover and Annie go against the "the way things have always been" (9) and sit together on the fence. "That summer me and Annie sat on that fence and watched the whole wide world around us" (25). These little girls didn't see each other for the color of their skin, but instead as another person or friend that they could talk to. This continued to the rest of clovers friend group, "...we sat up on t