TABLE OF CONTENTS
Who We ARE
Take the Pledge
101 Ways to Combat Prejudice
Begin at Home
At School
In the Workplace
In Your Place of Worship
In The Community
Definitions for Common Language
Response Strategies
Plan Ahead
ADL Office List
Suggested Reading List
Suggested Adult Reading List
National Allies

Barnes & Noble, Inc., the nation's largest bookseller, and the Anti-Defamation League(ADL), a leading organization in the fight against racism, anti-Semitism and bigotry, launced the Close the Book on Hate campaign in September of 2000. This unprecendented joint effort provides children and their parents, caregivers, teachers, and civic leaders with various resources and programs to help end prejudice and discrimination in America. In addition to this informational pamphlet, the Close the Book on Hate campaign features ADL's groundbreaking book Hate Hurts, co-authored by Caryl Stern-LaRosa and Ellen Hofheimer Bettmann, special recommended reading displays in Barnes & Noble stores across the country and in-store educational programs and events.

WHO WE ARE

Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest bookseller in America, operating 551 Barnes & Noble and 379 B. Dalton bookstores nationwide. With its acquisition of Baddages Etc. and Funco, Inc, Barnes & Noble is also the largest operatior of video game and entertainment software stores. Barnes & Noble stores stock an authoritative selection of books and provide access to more than one million titles through Barnes & Noble.com (http://www.bn.com), which has the largest standing inventory of any online bookseller. Featureing more than 50,000 publisher imprints, Barnes & Noble places special emphasis on small independent publishers and university presses. Barnes & Noble also publishers books under its own imprint for exclusive sale through its retail stores and Web site.

Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League is the nation's premier civil rights/human relations agency fighting anti-Semitism, prejudice and bigotry since its founding in 1913. Fifteen years ago. ADL and WCVB-TV in Boston initiated a multi-media campaign called A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ® to combat prejudice, promote democratic ideals and strengthen pluralism. Today, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ® is an international institute with diversity education programs used by schools, universities, corporations, communities, and law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and abroad. A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ® Institute programs combine practical, experiential, hands-on training with skills to challenge prejudice and discrimination, to foster intergroup understanding and to equip participants to live and work successfully and civilly in a diverse environment.

ADL

A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ®

INSTITUTE PLEDGE

I pledge from this day onward to do my best to interrupt prejudice and to stop those who, becasue of hate, would hurt, harass. or violate the civil rights of anyone. I will try at all times to be aware of my own biases against people who are different from myself. I will ask questions about cultures, religions and races that I don't understand. I will speak out against anyone who mocks, seeks to intimidate or actually hurts someone of a different race, religion, ethnic group, or sexual orientation. I will reach out to support those who are targets of harassment. I will think about specific ways my school, other students and my community can promote respect for people and create a prejudice-free zone. I firmly believe that one person can make a difference and that no person can be an "innocent bystander" when it comes to opposing hate.

By signing this pledge, I recognize that respect for
individual dignity, achieving equality and opposing
anti-Semitism, racism, ethnic bigotry, homophobia, or
any other form of hatred is a non-negotiable
reponsibility of all people.

My Signature

Witness Signature

Date

Print this Pledge and send it to the Kitsap Human Rights Network

View Existing Pledges

Howard P. Berkowits, National Chair

Abraham H. Foxman, National Director

Glen A. Tobias, Chair, National Executive Committee

Peter T. Willner, Associate national Director
Director, Development Division

Caryl Stern-LaRosa, Director, Education Division

Cynthia Marks, Chair, Education Division Committee

Judi Krupp, Chair, A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ® Institute Committee
Vice Chair, Education Division Committee

Lucille & Martin Kantor, Chairs,
A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ® Foundation

This publication was originally written by ADL's
New England Regional Office Staff.

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As recent events in Laramie, Wyoming, Jasper, Texas, and Littleton, Colorado have lamentably demonstrated, hate persists in our society. We have only to mention the names of these towns, and our collective conscience is assaulted by the images of the brutal, senseless crimes that took place there.

We are horrified by these images, sickened by them. Hate hurts, and we are all its victims. The seeds that took root in Laramie and Jasper and Littleton can exist everywhere...in our communitites, in our scholls, even in our homes. who among us has escaped being singled out, called names or snubbed during our lifetime? Who has not heard an "ethnic" joke or a derogatory comment regarding someone's race or religion or sexual orientation?

Tragically, our children are often the first to reap the consequences of what we as a society have sown. They learn to hate before they are old enough to comprehend why. As parents and caregivers, we must teach our children to not only accept, but celebrate diversity. Intolerance is learned. therefore, it can be unlearned.

To further that objective, the anti-Defamation League and Barnes & Noble have joined forces to launch a campaign called Close the Book on Hate. We believe that through reading and discussion, children and their parents can better understand the richness and beauty of our multicultural society. this pamphlet is an important part of that campaign. In addition to providing a list of definitions, helpful resources and suggested readings, it provides concrete information on what you can do to counter prejudice and spread a message of respect in your community. Together, we can make a difference.

Abraham H. Foxman                    Leonard Riggio

National Director                    Chairman

Anti-Defamation League               Barnes & Noble.

101 WAYS TO COMBAT
PREJUDICE
To make this pamphlet "user friendly" and a practical resource for individuals and members of institutions in every community, we divided the following list of suggestions into separate categories: home, school, workplace. house of worship, and community-at-large. Please note that any one of these 101 ways to fight prejudice can be implemented as is or custom-tailored to meet the specific needs of a group.

BEGIN AT HOME

1	Know your roots and share your pride in your heritage with others.
2	Celebrate holidays with extended family. Use such opportunities to encourage storytelling and share personal experiences across generations.
3	Invite friends from background different from your own to experience the joy of your traditions and customs.
4	Be mindful of your language; avoid stereotypical remarks and challenge those made by others.
5	Speak out against jokes and slurs that target people or groups. Silence sends a message that you are in agreement. It is not enough to refuse to laugh.
6	Be knowledgeable; provide as much accurate information as possible to reject harmful myths and sterotypes. discuss as a family the imipact of prejudicial attitudes and behavior.
7	Plan family outings to diverse neighborhoods in and around your community and visit local museums, galleries and exhibits that celebrate art forms of different cultures.
8	Visit iimportant landmarks in your area associated with the struggle for human and civil rights such as museums, public libraries and historical sites.
9	Research your family tree and trace your family's involvement in the struggle for civil and human rights or the immigration experience. Identify personal heroes and positive role models.
10	Read and encourage your children to read books that promotee understanding of different cultures as well as those that are written by authors of diverse backgrounds.

IN YOUR SCHOOL

11	Recite the A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ® pledge (see p.1), or a similar pledge against prejudice created by your student body at a school-wide assembly.
12	Dispaly a poster-size version of the pledge in a prominent area of your school and encourage people to sign it.
13	Establish a Diversity Club that serves as an umbrella organization to promote harmony and respect for differences. reach out to sports teams, drama clubs and language clubs for ideas and involvement. If your school already has a Diversity Club, hold a membership drive.
14	Initiate classroom discussion of terms such as anti-Semitism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and bias. then compose a list of definitions and post it in a prominent place (see pp. 12-14).
15	Invite a motivational speaker who is a recognized civil or human rights leader to address an all-school assembly. Videotape the speech and publish an interview with the speaker in the school and local newspapers.
16	Organize an essay contest whose theme is either a personal experience with prejudice or a success story in the fight against it. Suggest that the winning entries be published in your school newspaper, featured in your town newspaper, highlighted on a local cable program, or sent to the ADL office.
17	Create an anti-prejudice slogan for your school that could be printed as a bumper sticker and sold in the wider community to raise funds for these efforts.
18	Hold a "Rock Against Racism"concert, or a dance-a-thon, carwash, or battle-of-the-bands and donate the proceeds from ticket sales to underwirte diversity training and other programs for the school.
19	Form a student=faculty committee to wirte "Rules of Respect" for your school and display the finished set of rules in every classroom.
20	Ivite your district attorney, police chief or a representative from the attorney general's office to speak to your school about civil rights, hate crimes and other legal aspects of the fight against prejudice.
21	Designate a wall space on or near school grounds where graffiti with a harmonious and unifying message can be written, drawn or painted.
22	Publish a newsletter specifically devoted to promoting respect for diversity and publicizing multicultural events. Try to have your local newspaper or community Internet home page do the same.
23	Encourage representation of all students on every school board, committee, group, publication and team.
24	Write an original song/chant/rap that celebrates your school's diversity and perform it at school rallies and other events.
25	Create a flag or poster that symbolizes your school's ideal of diversity and display it at games, assemblies, and other school events.
26	Hold a T-shirt contest to come up with a logo or slogan like "I Don't Put Up With Put-Downs." The winning T-shirt design could be printed and sold at your school bookstore, at community events, sports competitions, and in local shops.
27	Create a school calendar with all the holidays and important civil rights dates represented.
28	Participate in a poster campaign such as ADL's "You Can't Turn Your Face Away From Hate" that encourages people to intervene when confronted with instances of prejudice.
29	Create an orientation program that addresses the needs of students of all backgrounds so that they feel welcome when joining the student body.
30	Initiate a pin drive in which students look for pins with positive slogans and tack them onto a designated bulletin board in the student lounge or other central gathering area.
31	Poll your teachers about their ethnic/cultural backgrounds and experiences and their experiences with prejudice. Ask each to write a short paragraph on the subject that can be compiled along with photos in a teacher "mug book".
32	Produce a "Proud Out Loud" video comprised of interviews with students and their grandparents about their ethnic heritage and why they are proud of it.
33	Host a Poetry Slam in which students read aloud original poems/raps that break down stereotypes and promote respect for diversity. Invite participants to present their work at PTA meetings, Chamber of Commerce events and other community gatherings.
34	Research pro-diversity Web sites, then build a Web page for your school and link it to others on the Internet.
35	Contact ADL about monitoring hate activities on the Internet.
36	Create a student-run Speakers Bureau where students of different backgrounds speak about their heritage. Identify local community leaders, civil rights veterans, Holocaust survivors, and others to partner with students in this effort.
37	Devise a skit contest with themes that promote diversity.
38	Turn a school assembly into a game show for students of all grades called "Cultural Pursuit." Ask teachers to develop questions covering every discipline and hold "culture bees" in their classrooms to determine assembly contestants.
39	Devote time in art classes to designing a Diversity Quilt with each patch representing a student's individual heritage. Have all calsses combine their patchwork squares to form a school quilt for display in the community.
40	Organize a No-Ethnic-Humor Open-Mike Nite featuring stand-up comedy by students.
41	Meet with food services at your school to discuss the possibility of featuring ethnic cuisines on a regular basis. Consult with local restaurants and community groups to participate in the program.
42	Request that a student-faculty committee establish an annual A wold of difference ® Day when regular classes are suspended and community members and leaders are invited to speak on and explore diversity with students. Consult with ADL to plan this program.
43	Construct a multimedia display that examines how today's media perpetuates stereotypes. Consider current films, television sitcoms, music, and advertising campaigns, in addition to newspapers, magazines and books.
44	Research peace negotiations going on around the world regarding ethnic or racial conflict. Then stage a mock summit in which students take on the roles of international leaders and try to resolve these crises.
45	Look for examples of youth who have struggled to overcome oppression throughout history and create an original dramatic performance based on their experiences.
46	Sponsor a "Dance for Diversity" dance-a0thon and approach a local radio station about broadcasting live from your event. The station could also run student written PSAs leading up to and following the event.
47	Establish a school exchange that matches students from different schools to bring youth of differing backgrounds closer together.
48	Start an annual multicultural film festival at your school. Invite community groups and local theaters to be co-sponsors.
49	Recreate the Ellis Island Immigration Station for a school-wide event. Involve teachers from all disciplines to create period costumes and scenery and prepare traditional foods. Issue passports to all students attending and lead "new immigrants" through the interview process.
50	Collect sampless of popular teen magazines and comic books from around the world. Ask your librarian to set aside a special corner for them in the periodical room.
51	Research children's books representing the experiences of different ethnic groups. then initiate a reading program with a local bookstore or library that features these books.
52	Survey local card and gift shops for product lines geared to diverse groups. Write to greeting card companies and local merchants to advocate for expanding the diversity of selections. Coordinate a contest to create a line of cards/note paper that promotes respect for diversity.
53	Approach the guidance office about hosting a career workshop led by professionals who can discuss diversity in their repective fields.
54	Ask your school to host an Internship Fair for groups such as ADL and other civic organizations that hire student interns.
55	Advocate for the production of school plays that are sensitive to multiculutalism and incorporate a variety of roles and perspectives.
56	Ensure that musical selections of school bands and choruses are culturally diverse.
57	Speak to each of your teachers about posting a list somewhere in the classroom of famous pioneers/leaders in their field, with a special focus on diversity.
58	Collect famous speeches about civil rights. Put them together in a binder or in a video collection and make the collection available to your whole school community.
59	Research civil unrest in this country, from slavery rebellions to Shicago in the 1960's to Los Angeles in the 1990's.
60	Survey the colleges in your area about diversity and affinity clubs at their schools. Invite a panel of representatives to speak to the senior class about "Prejudice on the College Campus: What to look for - What to Do."

IN THE WORKPLACE

61	Make respect for diversity a core value in your company and articulate it as such in the company's handbook/employee manual.
62	Provide ongoing awareness programs about the value of human idversity to all employees in the organization.
63	Take advantage of diversity consultants and training progrmas such as the A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE ® Institutes's A WORKPLACE OF DIFFERENCE ™ to assist you with ongoing education.
64	Incorporate diversity as a business goal. Secure a high degree of commitment from all employees.
65	Become aware and respectful of individual work styles.
66	Create an environment conducive to the exploration of diversity.
67	Learn about coworkers' backgrounds and share your own. Ask questions that invite explanation and answer with the same.
68	Create a display area where employees can post notices of events and activites happening in their communities.
69	Publish and distribute to all staff a list of ethnic and/or religious holidays and the meaning of the customes associated with celebrating them.
70	Sponsor a lunchtime "brown-bag" series that features speakers on diversity topics.
71	Sponsor a mentoring program and reach out to students in local high schools and colleges.
72	Provide opportunities to attend local cultural events and exhibits.
73	Participate as a sponsor in community events that support the health and welfare of society.

IN YOUR HOUSE OF WORSHIP

74	Urge your leaders to use the pulpit to condemn all forms of bigotry.
75	Encourage friends of other faiths to visit your religious services and share your religious knowledge with them.
76	Invite clergy representing religions different from your own to participate in services and deliver the sermon.
77	Host a tour for elected and appointed city/town officials to educate them more about your religion and the programs and activities your religious community offers.
78	Ensure that all faiths are represented accurately in existing library materials and religious curricula.
79	Reach out to diverse religious communities to co-sponsor festivals and holiday observances, such as ADL's Interfaith Seders, that highlight and celebrate our common humanity.
80	Be respectful of everyone who attends your religious services, whether they are members of or visitors to your congregation.
81	Turn one bulletin board into a display space where newpaper/magazine clippings depicting current events related to anti-Semitism and other forms of religious persecution or human rights violations can be posted for all to read.
82	organize an interfaith retreat for yourng people to increase understanding of each other's beliefs and build lasting friendships.
83	Plan an interfaith youth group trip to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. Raise funds to cover travel expenses with a community bake sale, car wash, service auction, or other activity.

IN THE COMMUNITY

84	Establish a Human rights Commission and a Community Watch Group in your city/town.
85	Organize a local multicultural committee that serves as an unbrella organization for groups that raise awareness about prejudice and provide support for cultural events, holiday programs or community efforts that promote intergroup harmony.
86	Volunteer to serve on one of these organization committees and work to support their initiatives.
87	Petition government officials to issue a proclamation making your city/town a prejudice-free zone.
88	Plan a community-wide "Walk/Run Against Hate" in which sponsored participants would donate all monies pledged to an anti-bias or other human rights organization.
89	Become aware of your town's demographics and compare it to others around the state to better understand the diversity in your community.
90	Hold a city-wide Human Rights Day. Contact representatives of the Reebok Human Rights Board, Amnesty International, ADL, and other human rights organizations to participate.
91	Build a community float that promotesunderstanding and respect for the diversity of your communjity and march in local and state parades. Contact parade officials to make sure that groups of all different backgrounds are invited to march.
92	suggest to your local newspaper that it devote a corner of the editorial page each month to at least one opinion piece relating to anti-prejudice and pro-diversity themes.
93	Meet with school and community librarians and local bookstores to discuss ways to highlight literature that is representative of all cultures.
94	Compile a citizen's directory of the businesses and community organizations that exist to support diverse groups in the community.
95	Research your community's involvement in struggles for civil and human rights throughout history (e.g., abolition, the civil rights movement, etc.) and create an exhibit for the local library/town hall.
96	Discuss alternative accessibility routes such as ramps, stairs and elevators in your community and invite speakers into your school and community groups to talk about such initiatives.
97	Make sure your public facilities accomodate the needs of all residents.
98	Collect traditional family recipes from local residents for a community cookbook. Solicit ads to support the cost of reproducing and distributing the book as part of a welcome wagon program for new residents.
99	Organize a city-wide "Hoops for Harmony" basketball tournament with proceeds from ticket sales going to a local non-profit organization that promotes awareness of and respect for diversity.
100	Hold a "Paint-Out Day" to eliminate graffiti that promotes bigotry, culminating with a potluck supper.
101	Brainstorm 100 more ways to make your community a prejudice-free zone!

DEVELOPING A COMMON LANGUAGE

DEFINITIONS

Ableism

Ableism is prejudice and/or discrimination against people with mental or physical disabilities.

Ageism

Ageism is prejudice and/or discrimination against people because of their age.

Anti-Bias

Anti-bias is an active commitment to challenging prejudice, stereotyping and all forms of discrimination.

Anti-Semitism

Anti-Semitism is a prejudice and/or discrimination against Jews. Anti-Semitism can be based on hatred against Jews becasue of their religious beliefs, their group membership (ethnicity) and sometimes on the erroneous belief that Jews are a "race."

Bias

Bias is an inclination or preference either for or against an individual or group that interferes with impartial judment.

Bigotry

Bigotry is an unreasonable or irrational attachment to negative sterotypes and prejudices.

Classism

Classism is prejudice and/or discrimination against people because of their real or perceived economic status.

Culture

Culture is the patterns of daily life learned consciously and unconsciously by a group of people. These patterns can be seen in language, governing practices, arts, customs, holiday celebrations, food, religion, dating rituals, and clothing, to name a few examples.

Discrimination

Discrimination is the denial of justice and fair treatment by both individuals and institutions in many arenas, including employment, education, housing, banking, and political rights. discrimination is an action that can follow prejudiced thinking.

Diversity

Diversity means different or varied. The population of the United States is made up of people from diverse races, cultures and places.

Hate Crime

Hate crimes are defined under specific penal code sections as an act or an attempted act by any person against the person or property of another individual or group which in any way constitutes an expression of hostility toward the victim becasue of his or her race, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, gender, or thnicity.* This includes but is not limited to threatening phone calls, hate mail, physical assaults, vandalism, cross burnings, destruction of religious symbols, and fire bombings.

* Elements of crime statutes and protected classifications vary state to state.

Hate Incident

Hate-motivated incidents are defined as behavior which constitutes an expression of hostility against the person or property of another because of the victim's race, religion, disability, gender, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. Hate-motivated incidents include those actions that are motivated by bias, but do not meet the necessary elements required to prove a crime. They may include such behavior as non-threatening name calling, using racial slurs or disseminating racist leaflets.

Heterosexism

Heterosexism is prejudiced and/or discrimination against people who are or who are perceived to be lesbian, gay or bisexual.

Homophobia

Homophobia is the irrational fear of people who are believed to be lesbian, gay or bisexual.

Multicultural

Multicultural means many or multiple cultures. The United States is multicultural becasue its population consists of people from many different cultures.

Prejudice

Prejudice is pre-judging, making a decision about a person or group of people without sufficient knowledge. Prejudicial thinking is frequently based on stereotypes.

Racism

Racism is a prejudice and/or discrimination based on the social construction of "race." Differences in physical characteristics (e.g., skin color, hair texture, eye shape) are used to support a system of inequities.

Scapegoating

Scapegoating is the action of blaming an individual or group for something when, in reality, there is no one person or group responsible for the problem. It targets another person or group as responsible for problems in society because of that person's group identity.

Sexism

Sexism is prejudice and/or discrimination based on gender.

Stereotype

A steretype is an oversimplified generalization about a person or group of people without regard for individual differences. Even seemingly positive stereotypes that link a person or group to a specific positive trait can have negative consequences.

RESPONSE STRATEGIES

Often when incidents of bigotry and/or hate occure, it is left to the victims and members of the particular group that has been attacked to speak out. Yet, it is united that we stand, divided we fall. We believe that if one group is attacked, it is as though all groups have been attacked. We all have a duty to respond. Many times, good people may feel outraged but do not know how to respond. Here are some specific suggestions that may help facilitate a prompt and effective response:
•	Notify law enforcement
•	Be sure of the facts
•	If there is physical damage (e.g., defacing, spray painting), take photographs.
•	As soon as the damage has been viewed by law enforcement and photographs taken, offer assistance in repairing or cleaning up the damage or vandalized property.
•	If hate literature has been distributed, collect the literature for evidence.
•	Notify ADL and similar agencies in the appropriate communities.
•	Reach out to the victims with expressions of concern and support and reassure them and their families that the incident will be treated seriously.
•	Gather signatures on a petition repudiating the act.
•	organize coalitions to march, protest or sponsor a public forum to discuss the specific incidents and active measures to prevent a recurrence.
•	If the incident occurred in a school, work with the school administration to determine appropriate disciplinary actions.

PLAN AHEAD
•	Work with school and community officials and law enforcement to establish a plan for responding promptly to hate crimes and incidents.
•	Establish clear procedures for reporting hate-motivated incidents/crimes, and disseminate the information community-wide.
•	Establish policies that clearly indicate that hate-motivated behavior will not be tolerated.
•	Educate community and school staff on how to recognize hate-motivated incidents.
•	Provide referral to community organizations which offer counsel and suport services in these situations.

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"CLOSE THE BOOK ON HATE" READING LIST

Following are works of fiction, non-fiction, photography, and poetry that emphasize the importance of valuing diversity for both children and adults. we urge you to read and discuss these books with your families and communities. If any of the following titles are not available from your local Barnes & Noble store, they can be ordered at the store or from Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com)

TITLE	AUTHOR	TYPE	PUBLISHER	ISBN	PRICE

Abuela	Dorros, Arthur	Juvenile	Penguin	0140562257	$6.99

Abuela's Weave	Castaneda,Omar	Juvenile	Lee & Low	1880000202	$6.95

All Kinds Of Children	Simon, Norma	Juvenile	Albert Whitman	0807502812	$15.95

All the Colors We Are	Kissinger, Katie	Juvenile	Redleaf Press	0934140804	$9.95

Amazing Grace	Hoffman, Mary	Juvenile	Magi	1854303392	$16.95

Arnie and the New Kid	Carlson, Nancy	Juvenile	Penguin	0140509453	$5.99

Ashok by Any Other Name	Yamate, Sandra S.	Juvenile	Polychrome Publishing	1879965011	$17.90

Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the Sky	Ringgold, Faith	Juvenile	Crown	0517885433	$6.99

Bajo la Luna de Limón	Fine, Edith Hope	Juvenile	Lee & Low	1880000911	PRICE

Baseball Saved Us	Mochizuki, Ken	Juvenile	Lee & Low	1880000199	$6.95

Battlefields and Burial Grounds	Echo-Hawk, Roger C.	Juvenile	Lerner	0822597225	$8.95

Behind the Secret Window	Toll, Nelly S.	Juvenile	Dial	0803713622	$17.99

Bein´ with You This Way	Nikola-Lisa, W.	Juvenile	Lee & Low	1880000261	$6.95

Black Is Brown Is Tan	Adoff, Arnold	Juvenile	HarperCollins	0064432696	$4.95

The Brothers´ Promise	Harber, Frances	Juvenile	Albert Whitman	0807509000	$15.95

Calling the Doves	Herrera, Juan Felipe	Juvenile	Children´s Book Press	0892391324	$14.95

Celebrating Chinese New Year	Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane	Juvenile	Holiday House	0823415201	$6.95

Celebrating Kwanzaa	Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane	Juvenile	Holiday House	0823411303	$6.95

Chair for My Mother, A	Williams, Vera B.	Juvenile	Morrow	0688040748	$4.95

Chernowitz!	Arrick, Fran	Juvenile	New American Library	0451162536	$5.99

Chicken Sunday	Polacco, Patricia	Juvenile	Putnam Berkley	0698116151	$6.99

Child of the Warsaw Ghetto	Adler, David A.	Juvenile	Holiday House	0823411605	$15.95

Child of Asian America	Yamate, Sandra a.	Juvenile	Polychrome Publishing	1879965151	$23.90

Christmas Menorahs, The	Cohn, Janice	Juvenile	Albert Whitman	0807511528	$16.95

Clambake	Peters, Russell M.	Juvenile	Lerner	0822596210	$6.95

Daddy´s Roommate	Willhoite, Michael	Juvenile	Alyson	1555831184	$10.95

Daniel´s Story	Matas, Carol	Juvenile	Scholastic	0590465880	$4.99

Devil´s Arithmetic, The	Yolen, Jane	Juvenile	Penguin	0140345353	$4.99

Everybody Bakes Bread	Dooley, Norah	Juvenile	Lerner	087614895X	$6.95

Families: A Celebration of Diversity, Commitment,and Love	Jenness, Aylette	Juvenile	Houghton Mifflin	0395669529	$6.95

Felita	Mohr, Nicholasa	Juvenile	Penguin	0141306432	$4.99

Friendship, The	Taylor, Mildred D.	Juvenile	Penguin	0140389644	$3.99

Frozen Noses	Carr, Jan	Juvenile	Holiday House	0823414620	$15.95

Going Home	Mohr, Nicholasa	Juvenile	Penguin	0141306440	$4.99

Going With the Flow	Blatchford, Claire	Juvenile	Lerner	1575052849	$7.95

Grandmother´s Dreamcatcher	McCain, Becky Ray	Juvenile	Albert Whitman	080753031X	$15.95


TITLE	AUTHOR	TYPE	PUBLISHER	ISBN	PRICE

Harry and Willy and Carrothead	Caseley, Judith	Juvenile	HarperCollins	0688094929	$16.00

Heather Has Two Mommies	Newman, Lesléa	Juvenile	Alyson	1555835430	$8.95

Hiding From the Nazis	Adler, David A.	Juvenile	Holiday House	0823412881	$15.95

Hop Jump	Walsh, Ellen Stoll	Juvenile	Harcourt Brace	015201375X	$6.00

I See the Rhythm	Igus, Toyomi	Juvenile	Children´s Book Press	0892391510	$15.95

Jefferson´s Children	Lanier, Shannon	Juvenile	Random House	0375905979	$21.99

Journey Home	Uchida, Yoshiko	Juvenile	Simon & Schuster	0689716419	$4.99

Journey of the Sparrows	Buss, Fran Leeper	Juvenile	Bantam Doubleday Dell	0440407850	$4.50

Just Like Me: Stories & Self Portraits of 14 Artists	Arai, Tomie	Juvenile	Children´s Book Press	0892391499	$15.95

Keeping Quilt	Polacco, Patricia	Juvenile	Simon & Schuster	0689820909	$16.00

Kwanzaa Karamu	Brady, April A.	Juvenile	Lerner	0876146337	$6.95

Level Playing Field, A	Hu, Evaleen	Juvenile	Lerner	0822533022	$21.50

Losing Uncle Tom	Jordan, Marykate	Juvenile	Albert Whitman	0807547565	$14.95

Mardi Gras: A Cajun Country Celebration	Hoyt-Goldsmith, Diane	Juvenile	Holiday House	0823411842	$15.95

The Meanest Thing to Say	Cosby, Bill	Juvenile	Scholastic	0590956167	$3.99

Mufaro´s Beautiful Daughters	Steptoe, John L.	Juvenile	Morrow	0688040454	$16.00

My Two Uncles	Vigna, Judith	Juvenile	Albert Whitman	080755507X	$14.95

New Kids in Town: Oral Histories of Immigrant Teens	Bode, Janet	Juvenile	Scholastic	0590441442	$4.50

Now We Can Have a Wedding	Di Salvo-Ryan, Dyanne	Juvenile	Holiday House	082341342X	$15.95

Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story	Mochizuki, Ken	Juvenile	Lee & Low	1880000490	$15.95

Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About	McDonald, Margaret Read	Juvenile	Shoe String Press	0208023291	$17.50

People	Spier, Peter	Juvenile	Doubleday	038524469X	$12.95

Rag Coat, The	Mills, Lauren A.	Juvenile	Little Brown	0316574074	$16.95

Ramadan	Ghazi, Suhaib Hamid	Juvenile	Holiday House	082341275X	$6.95

Reach for the Moon	Abeel, Samantha	Juvenile	Pfeifer-Hamilton	1570250138	$17.95

Richard Wright and the Library Card	Miller, William	Juvenile	Lee & Low	1880000881	$6.95

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes	Coerr, Eleanor B.	Juvenile	Bantam Doubleday Dell	0440474655	$3.99

Silent Observer	MacKinnon, Christy	Juvenile	Gallaudet Univ. Press	156368022X	$15.95

Singing Man, The	Medearis, Angela Shelf	Juvenile	Holiday House	0823412083	$6.95

The Sneetches & Other Stories	Dr. Seuss	Juvenile	Random House	0394800893	$14.95

Somewhere Today: A Book of Peace	Thomas, Shelley Moore	Juvenile	Albert Whitman	0807575453	$14.95

Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt	Hopkinson, Deborah	Juvenile	Knopf	0679874720	$3.99

Terrible Things	Bunting, Eve	Juvenile	Jewish Pub. Society	0827603258	$11.95

This Is Our Seder	Hildebrandt, Ziporah	Juvenile	Holiday House	0823414361	$15.95

To Be a Drum	Coleman, Evelyn	Juvenile	Albert Whitman	0807580074	$6.95

Treasure Hunt, the	Cosby, Bill	Juvenile	Scholastic	0590956183	$3.99

Two Mrs. Gibsons	Igus, Toyomi and Sisnet, Ana	Juvenile	Children´s Book Press	0892391359	$14.95

TITLE	AUTHOR	TYPE	PUBLISHER	ISBN	PRICE

Unbreakable Code, The	Hunter, Sara Hoagland	Juvenile	Northalnd Publishing	0873586387	$14.95

Voices From the Fields	Atkin, S. Beth	Juvenile	Little Brown	0316056200	$12.95

White Lilacs	Meyer, Carolyn	Juvenile	Harcourt Brace	0152958762	$6.00

White Socks Only	Coleman, Evelyn	Juvenile	Albert Whitman	080758956X	$6.95

Who Belongs Here?	Knight, Margy Burns	Juvenile	Tilbury House	0884481697	$8.95

Whoever You Are	Fox, Mem	Juvenile	Harcourt Brace	0152007873	$16.00

Yoko	Wells, Rosemary and Wells H.G.	Juvenile	Hyperion	0786803959	$14.95

A More Perfect Union: Why Straight America Must Stand Up for Gay Rights	Mohr, Richard	Adult	Beacon Press	0907079332	$9.00

A Season on the Reservation	Abdul-Iabbar, K	Adult	Morrow	0688170773	$24.00

A Sporting Chance: Sports & Gender	Steiner, Andy	Adult	Lerner	0822533006	$21.50

Always Kiss Me Good Night: Instructions on Raising the Perfect Parent	Salt, J.S.	Adult	Crown	051788738X	$7.00

Americanos	Olmos, Edward James	Adult	Little Brown	0316649090	$25.00

Anne Frank Remembered	Gies, Miep	Adult	Simon & Schuster	0671662341	$13.00

Anne frank: The Diary of a Young Girl	Frank, Anne	Adult	Bantam	0553296981	$4.99

Anti-Semitism in America	Dinnerstein, Leonard	Adult	Oxford Univ. Press	019510112X	$15.95

Black-Jewish Relationships	Cook, Samuel	Adult	Providence House	1577360826	$22.95

Brotherhood of Murder	Martinez, Thomas	Adult	iUniverse.com	1583485805	$15.95

Bullies & Victims	Fried, Suellen	Adult	M. Evans	0871318407	$14.95

Children Learn What They Live	Nolte, Dorothy Law	Adult	Workman	0761109196	$8.95

Civil Rights, the Long Struggle	Lucus, Eileen	Adult	Enslow	0894907298	$19.95

Common Ground	Greeley, Andrew M.	Adult	Pilgrim Press	0829811206	$16.95

Confronting Anti-Semitism	Zakim, Leonard P.	Adult	Ktav	0881256293	$15.95

Crossing the Color Line	Reddy, Maureen T.	Adult	Rutgers Univ. Press	0813523745	$16.95

Denying the Holocaust: The growing Assault on Truth and Memory	Lipstadt, Deborah E.	Adult	Dutton/Signet	0452272742	$13.95

Diversity in Action	Shappelle, Sharon and Bigman, Lisa	Adult	Pearson Custom	0536011753	$22.20

Everyday Acts Against Racism	Reddy, Maureen T.	Adult	Seal Press	1878067850	$15.95

Everything You Need to Know about Bias Incidents	Osborn, Kevin	Adult	Rosen Publishing	0823926001	$16.95

Everything You Need to Know about Discrimination	Palmer, Ezra	Adult	Rosen Publishing	0823921158	$16.95

Growing Up Gay	Reed, Rita	Adult	Norton	0393316599	$19.95

Hate Hurts	Stern-LaRosa, Caryl and Hofheimer Bettmann, Ellen	Adult	Scholastic	0439211212	$9.95

Hate is My Neighbor	Alibrandi, Tom	Adult	Stand Together	0967404401	$14.95

Heeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America´s Civil rights Struggle	Finkelstein, Norman H.	Adult	Jewish Pub. Society	0827605900	$14.95

How to Talk so Kids Will Listen and Listen so Kids Will Talk	Faber, Adele	Adult	Morrow	0380811960	$12.50

Is It a Choice?	Marcus, Eric	Adult	HarperCollins	006251623X	$13.00

TITLE	AUTHOR	TYPE	PUBLISHER	ISBN	PRICE

Islam and the West	Lewis, Bernard W.	Adult	Oxford Univ. Press	0195090616	$14.95

Japanese-American Internment	Fremon, David K.	Adult	Enslow Publishers	0894907670	$19.95

Jews Agains Prejudice	Svonkin, Stuart	Adult	Columbia Univ. Press	0231106394	$18.50

Journey from Here, The	Bill Bradley	Adult	Artisan	1579651658	$18.00

Letter to a Jewish Friend	Svidercoschi, Gian Franco	Adult	Crossroad	0824514823	$12.95

Love Makes a Family	Gillespie, Peggy	Adult	Univ. Of Mass. Press	1558491619	$19.95

Martina Navratilova (Lives of Notable Gay Men & Lesbians)	Zwerman, Gilda	Adult	Chelsea House	079102878X	$9.95

Multicultural Education for the Twenty-First Century	Diaz, Carlos	Adult	National Education Association	0810618494	$18.95

Night	Wiesel, Eli	Adult	Bantam Doubleday Dell	0553272535	$5.50

Ordinary Resurrections	Kozol, Jonathan	Adult	Crown	051770000X	$25.00

Overcoming Heterosexism and Homophobia	Williams, Walter L.	Adult	Columbia Univ. Press	0231104235	$18.50

Peaceful Parenting in a Violent World	Cress, Joseph N.	Adult	Perspective Pub.	0964533502	$14.95

Positive Self-Talk for Children	Bloch, Douglas	Adult	Bantam	0553351982	$12.95

Prejudice	Muse, Daphne	Adult	Hyperion	0786813105	$7.95

Racism Explained to My Daughter	Jelloun, Tahar Ben	Adult	New Press	156584534X	$16.95

Raising Compassionate, Courageous Children	Cohn, Janice	Adult	Longstreet Press	1563522764	$15.95

Raising Readers: Helping Your CHild to Literacy	Bailostok, Steve	Adult	Peguis Publishers	1895411378	$12.95

Rising Voices: Writings of Young Native Americans	Hirschfelder, Arlene B.	Adult	Ivy	0804111677	$5.99

Semites and Anti-Semites	Lewis, Bernard	Adult	Norton	0393318397	$14.00

Setting Them Straight	Berzon, Betty	Adult	Dutton/Plume	0452274214	$10.95

Teaching Peace	Arnow, Jan	Adult	Berkley	0399521550	$12.00

Teaching Tolerance	Bullard, Sara	Adult	Doubleday	038547265X	$11.95

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