Sorry again, my understanding of bigotry was that it encompassed all forms of racism, sexism, transphobia, etc., not by what seems to be its actual definition. The post will be edited.

I am aware of the many aspects of racism; the school administration and us did agree on a policy for racism specifically as opposed to bigotry in general to allow for different repercussions and action as racism can be structural, institutional, systemic and ideological.

I challenge you to get more precise about why you think bigotry is different than other forms of conflict, connect it to the structural so that you’re not only dealing with the individual, and proceed from there with a refined analysis and set of proposals.

Good point; we wanted a more educational than "punishing" approach because punishments were ineffective in correcting racism. I have a list of points for them to take into consideration, including assemblies at the start of the year on race education and the finalised racism policy, as well as pathways to reporting racism to students rather than teachers if victims of racism feel more open to reporting racism to them instead (plus the issue with reporting to teachers mentioned in the post).

Sorry, my understanding of "preventative" was that it implied the correction of the behaviour through education and learning. The post will be edited.

All the more reason to provide these kinds of books to people - especially young people - to educate them in many ways that the school curriculum fails to.

Many thanks for all the recommendations! Added all of them to the reading list. We are also interested in fiction recommendations, too

Unthinking Eurocentrism by Ella Shohat and Robert Stam

I'm especially interested in this book as the history of the world in a postcolonial view. How suitable could this book be for younger readers (11 to 14) in your opinion?

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Thanks! Added to the reading list.

I read “The Colour Purple” at around 14 and it had a big impact on me. Lots of opportunities to discuss race, slavery, inequality in general.

It's very welcoming to see LGBTQ+ characters, especially with the similarities of their liberation with non-white people.

I also read Uncle Toms Cabin around the same age which I found much harder to connect with but others in my class found that very impactful.

Good choice; this book seems to have had had a very positive impact on slavery and the dehumanisation of black people.

Despite being the root cause of a few stereotypes of black people, it is notable that the black people in the novel actually have character development throughout that breaks at least some of those stereotypes.

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Thanks! Greatly appreciate a book on the evils of Nazism and racially-oppressive systems. What aspects would you say help educate people on race? (Posted from an alt. account because of federation issues.)