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From: Elsa Marston <elsa.marston>
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:26:19 -0500
I don't know whether this is getting too off-subject or not; I just want to say I'm saving the interesting comments by Debbie Reese and Wendy Burton on
"name-calling" because they seem relevant to my own main literary concern
(as writer and specialist-of-sorts), which is Arab and Arab-American kids, who are often subject to ethnic slurs.
Do others of you on the CCBC list have observations about whether kids take what they read in *books* (fiction) more seriously than what they hear in movies, TV, etc.? Do books seem to sanction certain behavior more than other forms of entertainment do?
Elsa www.elsamarston.com
Received on Fri 10 Apr 2009 10:26:19 PM CDT
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:26:19 -0500
I don't know whether this is getting too off-subject or not; I just want to say I'm saving the interesting comments by Debbie Reese and Wendy Burton on
"name-calling" because they seem relevant to my own main literary concern
(as writer and specialist-of-sorts), which is Arab and Arab-American kids, who are often subject to ethnic slurs.
Do others of you on the CCBC list have observations about whether kids take what they read in *books* (fiction) more seriously than what they hear in movies, TV, etc.? Do books seem to sanction certain behavior more than other forms of entertainment do?
Elsa www.elsamarston.com
Received on Fri 10 Apr 2009 10:26:19 PM CDT
