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2) Powder
Publisher
Hollywood Pictures Home Video
Pub. Date
c1996.
Language
English
Description
A teenager with strange electromagnetic powers rises above prejudice from those frightened by his unusual appearance and abilities, touching the lives of those around him.
4) Sayonara
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2001.
Language
English
Description
An American Air Force major on leave in Japan after the Korean War falls in love with a Japanese actress. When they declare their love openly, they find themselves scorned equally by both the Japanese and the Americans.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You don't have to be racist to be biased. Unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behavior. This has an impact on education, employment, housing, and criminal justice. Now one of the world's leading experts on implicit racial bias offers us insights into the dilemma and a path forward. In [this...
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Series
Publisher
St. Martin's
Pub. Date
c2006.
Language
English
Description
Jane Gable first sees young Milo Turner, member of the first black family ever to move to her area of East Tennessee, on the day her abusive father is buried. When tragedy strikes the Turner household, the Gable family is asked to make a decision that could rip their world apart.
Author
Language
English
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Description
The self-perception that one is able to assess others in a fair and accurate way is challenged as the authors explore the hidden biases we all carry from a lifetime of exposure to cultural attitudes about age, gender, race ethnicity, religion, social class, sexuality, disability status, and nationality. This book questions the extent to which our perceptions of social groups -- without our awareness or conscious control -- shape our likes and dislikes...
Author
Language
English
Description
Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers...
Author
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
When Chicken Little runs into the Big Bad Wolf (literally), her first instinct is to fly, like the other chickens, but she decides to investigate instead--and finds that this particular wolf is not interested in eating chickens, he is just looking for a place to call home.
15) Cross currents
Author
Publisher
Deseret
Pub. Date
c1993.
Language
English
Description
A young Filipino Mormon boy living on the Hawaiian island of Lanai tries to further his relationship with a Japanese girl but he first must overcome the prejudice of her father.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Illustrated Man is classic Bradbury--a collection of tales that breathe and move, animated by sharp, intaken breath and flexing muscle. Here are eighteen startling visions of humankind's destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin--visions as keen as the tattooist's needle and as colorful as the inks that indelibly stain the body. The images, ideas, sounds and scents that abound in this phantasmagoric sideshow are provocative and powerful:...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An age-appropriate introduction to the concepts of race, gender, consent and body positivity, developed by early childhood and activism experts, combines clear text with engaging artwork to help the youngest children recognize and confront unjust actions."--
18) No way out
Series
Fox film noir volume 13
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
When a young African-American doctor operates on two white brothers brought in for gunshot wounds, it sets off a chain of violent confrontations between a vicious psychopath, his gang and the black community.
20) Songcatcher
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
When musicologist Doctor Lily Penleric is passed over, again, for a prominent teaching position, she decides to leave the city to visit her sister in the rugged mountains of Appalachia. While there, Lily, discovers a wellspring of emotional "love songs" (ballads) that have been passed down through generations from the original Irish and Scottish immigrants who have settled in the area. Determined to document the history of the songs, and the recording...
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