Bibliograph

Accountable, the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed, Dashka Slater

Type

Label

Accountable, the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed, Dashka Slater

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-480)

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1000L, Lexile

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 12 and up, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 10-12, Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Accountable

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1335401774

Responsibility statement

Dashka Slater

Sub title

the true story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed

Summary

When a high school student started a private Instagram account that used racist and sexist memes to make his friends laugh, he thought of it as "edgy" humor. Over time, the edge got sharper. Then a few other kids found out about the account. Pretty soon, everyone knew. Ultimately no one in the small town of Albany, California, was safe from the repercussions of the account's discovery. Not the girls targeted by the posts. Not the boy who created the account. Not the group of kids who followed it. Not the adults--educators and parents--whose attempts to fix things too often made them worse. In the end, no one was laughing. And everyone was left asking: Where does accountability end for online speech that harms? And what does accountability even mean?

Target audience

adolescent

resource.variantTitle

True story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed

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