“The Boundaries of Imagination”; or, the All-White World of Children’s Books,...
Books transmit values. They explore our common humanity. What is the message when some children are not represented in those books? — Walter Dean Myers, “Where Are the People of Color in Children’s...
View ArticleThe Archive of Childhood, Part 2: The Golliwog
The second in my “Archive of Childhood” series. Trigger warning: images of a racist doll appear below. I’ve included it because this post is about racism, and I didn’t feel I could talk about the...
View ArticleDisagreement, Difference, Diversity: A Talk by Christopher Myers
This is not the title of the talk that Christopher Myers gave here on Thursday. It was called “Please Don’t Agree with Me: the Need for Disagreement in Debates About Literature for Young People.”...
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