Liberals should talk about subjects that spark conversations among teens. This is where the indoctrination will begin. Sunday’s Washington Post There is a section on Summer Books 2022, which includes “Young Adult” options that parents can purchase for their children (and they can both read and discuss). Deborah Taylor and Karen MacPherson both mentioned books about “serious, sometimes controversial” topics. However, that is what books are all about and it can help everyone learn.
It was this recommendation that raised the most eyebrows. Revolution in Our Time: Black Panther Party’s Promise to PeopleBy Kekla Magoon. Because the Panthers were Marxist-Leninists it is accurate to make a comparison with Black Lives Matter.
Magoon presents a comprehensive history of the Black Panther Party, from its heyday in the 1960s and ’70s amid intense persecution by federal authorities to its eventual demise in the early 1980s. Magoon concludes this beautifully designed, timely volume by connecting the Panthers’ legacy to the current work of the Black Lives Matter movement.
There are also Punching the AirYusaf Salam and Ibi Zoboi
Amal Shahid (16 years old) is wrongly sentenced to prison for his clashes with Black teens and a group taunting White teenagers. Telling their story in first-person verse poems, Zoboi and Salaam take us into the heart of Amal’s pain and anger. Amal’s story was inspired by Salaam’s experience as one of five Black teens in the Central Park jogger case, who spent years in prison before being exonerated of the crime.
In more conventional terms, there’s the March Trilogy of graphic novels celebrating the early life of liberal Democrat Rep. John Lewis of Georgia: “The momentous early life of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis and his struggle for civil rights comes to vivid life in this three-part graphic novel series. These books tell the story of Lewis’s nonviolent protest against racist policies, as well as other civil rights activists. They also expose their personal risks. Lewis continued the story with Aydin in his final years of life in 2020. Take a run: book one.”
There are also LGBT-friendly titles, such as Click Here! Book 1: Hockey by Nkozi Ugazu.
Ukazu’s debut graphic novel features a young man named Eric “Bitty” Bittle, whose speed and agility, honed in figure skating, make him a skillful hockey player. Bitty loves baking and video logging and is gay. But he becomes a member of the team that is successful at college hockey. Then he discovers love and begins to be accepted for himself. (Book 2: Sticks & Scones is also available).
It is more nuanced in descriptionDante and Aristotle discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz.
It’s the summer of 1987, and El Paso teen Aristotle “Ari” Mendoza is going through a rough patch. Dante Quintana is introduced to Ari, and the rest of Ari’s life transforms. Sáenz takes us along Ari’s challenging and ultimately fulfilling journey toward self-acceptance, hope and love.
On Amazon, lefties were upset that Ari had to be “cluebatted” about being gay, and the twist that a major character in the narrative murdered a trans woman sex worker in a “trans panic” episode.
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