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The Product

Different Differenter: An Activity Book About Skin Color is an activity book for children. It takes a proactive approach and gives parents and educators tools to dialogue with children on this important topic. The 14 activities in the book encourage discourse around difference through creative exploration and play.

The Process

Gupta visited various educational institutions, talked to parents, and read relevant scholarly works over two years and continues to build on her praxis. She also spoke to experts from various disciplines to educate herself on various aspects before writing about them. She also drew upon her conversations about colorism with people across cultures over the last 10 years.

 

Inside pages of the book reflect represents the child’s world in its diverse exuberance

 

Appeal Video, 2017. Successfully led to the book being crowdfunded by 100 backers.

Excerpt from our crowdfunding page showcasing Gupta’s early vision for the book. “[The book] introduces skin colour to children in a healthy way. It dismantles our own and our media's thinking that skin colour is related to attractiveness, confidence, and social class, all things that children understand, intuitively. As a mom, I'd love to see children respect their bodies and reject the prejudices that come their way.”