Racism: Deal With It Before It Gets Under Your Skin is one of the titles in the Deal With It Series created to assist adolescents with everyday conflicts in their lives and promotes peaceful resolution. This title examines the sources for racial and cultural conflicts as these relate to students. Stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination are defined with easy to understand examples presented in comic format, a quiz, letters to a Conflict Counsellor, do's and don'ts, and tips on how to deal with these issues. Examples include classroom situations, media portrayal, and racist graffiti and how these can be assessed and resolved. Suggested activities to prevent racism are provided as well as a resource guide for follow-up activities. This is a valuable student resource for dealing with the issue of racism at the classroom level that is inclusive of Aboriginal Peoples in Canada.
