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

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Intended audience

Ages 12-18 years, Thorndike PressGrades 7-9, Thorndike Press

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Accountable

Oclc number

1395138829

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?"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Creator