They Called Me Number One -Episode 1

Residential schools, shaming, dehumanization, and children’s rights. The Book Interrupted women continue Season Two with “They Called Me Number One” by Bev Sellars. Each member expresses individually how they feel either before reading or beginning to read “They Called Me Number One”, then they continue the discussion into a group chat.

Discussion Points:

• Personal journals
• Learning about residential schools in the current school system 
• The structure of the book
• The impact of the book after you read it
• Other books by Indigenous Canadian authors 
• Lack of medical care and other events that occurred in residential schools
• Why did Kim choose this book?
• Inability to have family visits, shaming, and abuse
• Children’s rights
• Dehumanization and corporal punishment

Mentioned on this episode of Book Interrupted:

Book Interrupted Website 

Book Interrupted YouTube Channel

Book Interrupted Facebook Book Club Group

They Called Me Number One by Bev Sellars

From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way by Jesse Thistle

Five Little Indians by Michelle Good

Book Interrupted Swag Shop

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo

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