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Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed

Dashka Slater

Ages: 14+

Published: 2023

Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux BFYR/Macmillan

ISBN: 978-0-3743-1434-7

Keywords: Social Media, Racism, Betrayal, Legal Issues, Social Issues, Mental Health, Friends, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Justice, Injustice

A private Instagram account featuring racist memes of Black girls, whom the Korean American account owner considered to be his friends, rips apart a school and community in its aftermath. Mature content