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From: Debbie Reese <d-reese>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:23:39 -0500
The discussion on CCBC net is about evaluating books by and about Native Americans. We evaluate so we can choose from an informed position. There are many people on the list who don't participate in the discussions, but my guess is that they are learning a lot... that they are more informed about the issues than they were prior to the discussion.
I see this entire month-long discussion as a chance to expand our thinking about how we evaluate books by and about Native Americans. Some are bringing
"to the table" perspectives that haven't been heard before. Some fear that bringing these perspectives to the table will cause librarians and teachers to
(in an effort to be "politically correct") purge their shelves so they won't have offensive material in their collections.
I don't know what librarians or teachers will do with this discussion, but I think they're learned a lot. Knowledge is not a bad thing.
Debbie Reese
_________________________________ Debbie Reese, Doctoral Student Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education, University of Illinois Champaign, IL 61820
Telephone: 217$4?86 Fax: 217$4E72 Email: d-reese at uiuc.edu
Received on Wed 20 Oct 1999 09:23:39 AM CDT
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:23:39 -0500
The discussion on CCBC net is about evaluating books by and about Native Americans. We evaluate so we can choose from an informed position. There are many people on the list who don't participate in the discussions, but my guess is that they are learning a lot... that they are more informed about the issues than they were prior to the discussion.
I see this entire month-long discussion as a chance to expand our thinking about how we evaluate books by and about Native Americans. Some are bringing
"to the table" perspectives that haven't been heard before. Some fear that bringing these perspectives to the table will cause librarians and teachers to
(in an effort to be "politically correct") purge their shelves so they won't have offensive material in their collections.
I don't know what librarians or teachers will do with this discussion, but I think they're learned a lot. Knowledge is not a bad thing.
Debbie Reese
_________________________________ Debbie Reese, Doctoral Student Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction College of Education, University of Illinois Champaign, IL 61820
Telephone: 217$4?86 Fax: 217$4E72 Email: d-reese at uiuc.edu
Received on Wed 20 Oct 1999 09:23:39 AM CDT
