Black Brother, Black Brother
Jewell Parker Rhodes
A powerful coming-of-age story about two brothers - one who presents as white, the other as Black - and the ways they are forced to navigate a world that doesn't treat them equally.
Reviews
This is about a Black boy who likes fencing, and he gets into trouble at school because of racism.
Anonymous 06.07.2024
This book was eye-opening in the way that it portrayed the reality of being black, especially in America, and how prejudices don't stop just because the person in question is a child. It addressed a lot of very relevant issues, as well as highlighting unconscious biases that a lot of the population hold, and it was refreshing to read a book where there wasn't a 'white saviour' - Donte was able to, with the help of his also black coach, prove the racists wrong.
Anonymous 10.07.2021