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

Author/creator Slater, Dashka author.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2023.
Copyright Notice ©2023
Descriptionxiv, 480 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Albany High School (Albany, Calif.)--Juvenile literature.
Cyberbullying--California --Albany --Case studies --Juvenile literature.
Social media and teenagers--California --Albany --Case studies --Juvenile literature.
Social media and society--California --Albany --Case studies --Juvenile literature.
Racism in mass media--Case studies --Juvenile literature.
African American teenagers--California --Albany --Social conditions --21st century --Juvenile literature.
African American high school students--California --Albany --Social conditions --21st century --Juvenile literature.
Racism in education--California --Juvenile literature.
Educational accountability--California --Juvenile literature.
Social media--California --Influence --Juvenile literature.
African American students--California --Social conditions --Juvenile literature.
Minority high school students--California --Social conditions --Juvenile literature.
Discrimination in education--California --Juvenile literature.
Albany (Calif.)--Social conditions --21st century --Juvenile literature.
Portion of title True story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed
Contents Prologue -- Before -- The account -- Revealed -- Undiscussed -- Investigation -- Laughing -- Justice -- Seeds of destruction -- Parents -- Why can't you get over it? -- Science -- Every day another day -- Almost out the door -- Reckoning -- Making it through.
Abstract "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?" -- Page [2] of cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Interest age level Ages 12 and up Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Interest grade level Grades 10-12 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers
Audience 1000 Lexile
Genre/formJuvenile works.
Genre/formYoung adult nonfiction.
LCCN 2022043063
ISBN9780374314347 hardcover
ISBN0374314349 hardcover

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