The Family Book Book

I would not read this to children, even though the message is sweet (understanding of differences and the positive attributes of families), because of issues with racism.

The illustrations employ depictions of animals and humans of unnatural (purple, green, pink, bright yellow) colors to showcase how families are different. It attempts to tackle interracial families like this (among the many different family depictions that it gives). However, many people of color have spent way too much time trying to explain to white anti-racists (or those who believe themselves to be) why using depictions of either animals or humans that aren't human-shades (let alone both at the same time) to break down racism, actually reinforces white supremacy. It's like that statement "color doesn't matter to me, white, brown, black, yellow, purple, it's all the same" is made into an actual book form. The problem is that purple people are not real. By making "color-blindness" be about colors of people that don't exist, it shifts the spotlight from the institutional and systematic privileges that white people DO possess.