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A review by cathy_acasefullofbooks
Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater
I am conflicted in how I feel about this book. On the one hand, it is important to see the ways social media can be used to bully others and how difficult it is to monitor. It was also good, but hard, to see how it affected those who were bullied. It will definitely lead me to have conversations with my kids about their online behavior.
However, I think the book spent WAY too much time focusing on the perpetrators of the bullying. I understand what happened was nuanced and may not have been entirely malicious in intent and what happened to the boys afterwards was definitely taken too far. But when talking about racism I feel like the focus should be given more to the victims than the perpetrators.
However, I think the book spent WAY too much time focusing on the perpetrators of the bullying. I understand what happened was nuanced and may not have been entirely malicious in intent and what happened to the boys afterwards was definitely taken too far. But when talking about racism I feel like the focus should be given more to the victims than the perpetrators.