racial prejudice

I'm Just Me  

By M.G. Higgins

The issues highlighted by Higgins in this book, correlate with the current 2016 subjects of racial discrimination and prejudice. Nasreen and Mia, both with different racial backgrounds stood out in their school. Nasreen, a Muslim girl who wears traditional clothing to school everyday, has conformed to her constant bullying inside and outside of school. Whereas, Mia, the only African-American girl in her new school, would not give in to her bullies. But when the bullying increases, they come up wih a bold plan to stand up against their bullies united. As mentioned before, this piece of lierature accentuates stereotypes of minorities in this country and what they have to deal with merely based on what they look like and what what they believe in. I would highly recommend this book to all my readers because not only is it a thorough resource of matters that need to be addressed to many people for their awareness but also, the author has done an outstanding job of portraying plot and caracters in a way that would attract readers' attention and empathy instantly. Nasreen, a reticent Muslim young girl, who gets bullied everyday at school, verbally and sexually harrassed on school bus, but none of the adults, including her parents, seem to handlethis seriously, until she meets Mia. Mia tends to always comfort Nasreen by exclaiming "Believe me, you'd survive" (67). Nasreen gets her hopes up and starts believing that she is not alone and one has to stand up for herself. Atone point she describes her friendship "our lives are very different. i think its because were trying to protect our hearts"(67). Despite of all the constant bullying and a lack of support from family and school, they fight back back their bullies. This book is specifically directed towards teenagers.