Bigotry

by Debbie Levy

Judging people adversely based on the color of their skin, their religion, or their nationality seems to be a human compulsion. This account of the problem of bigotry looks at its origins and causes as well as its effects on its victims and on society. The wide range of bigotry, from cruel words to deadly force, is explored, as well as ways in which people can respond to bigotry through laws and through tools of tolerance.

128 pages, Hardcover

First published October 31, 2001

About the author

Debbie Levy is the author of more than thirty books for young people, including the New York Times bestselling I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark; A Dangerous Idea: The Scopes Trial, the Original Fight Over Science in Schools; This Promise of Change (with Jo Ann Boyce); The Year of Goodbyes; and Becoming RBG. Debbie is the recipient of a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor, Sydney Taylor Award, and the National Jewish Book Award, among other honors. Before she started writing books for young people, she worked as a newspaper editor and a lawyer.