03286cam a2200493 i 4500 1272593099 TxAuBib 20240516120000.0 220928s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022043063 9780374314347 0374314349 (OCoLC)1335401774 TxAuBib rda Slater, Dashka, author. Accountable : The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed / Dashka Slater. True story of a racist social media account and the teenagers whose lives it changed. First edition. New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, [2023] ©2023. xiv, 480 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. Prologue -- Before -- The account -- Revealed -- Undiscussed -- Investigation -- Laughing -- Justice -- Seeds of destruction -- Parents -- Why can't you get over it? -- Science -- Every day another day -- Almost out the door -- Reckoning -- Making it through. "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?" -- Page [2] of cover. Ages 12 and up Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. Grades 10-12 Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers. 20240516. Cyberbullying California Albany Case studies Juvenile literature. Social media California Albany Case studies Juvenile literature. Social media California Influence Juvenile literature. Racism in mass media Case studies Juvenile literature. African American teenagers California Albany Social conditions 21st century Juvenile literature. African American high school students California Albany Social conditions 21st century Juvenile literature. Racism in education California Juvenile literature. Racism in education California. African American students California Social conditions Juvenile literature. Discrimination in education California Juvenile literature. Albany (Calif.) Social conditions 21st century Juvenile literature. Young adult nonfiction. Young adult literature.