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Caldecott at 75: Diversity (or lack their of)
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From: Nick Glass (TeachingBooks.net) <"Nick>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 15:41:28 -0500
This is a very important topic and conversation. Thanks for the space for it, CCBC.
Thom Barthelmess gave a fantastic and most memorable talk at Carthage College last fall called "Caldecott Culture: Looking Back on their Diversity (or lack thereof)". He acknowledged at the beginning of his talk that his data was unofficial research, and not ready for publication. He categorized to the best of his ability the gender and race of all winners and honorees in the first 75 years of the Caldecottt, and knows that his data isn't fully accurate since he was identifying culture of individuals without their own self-identification. So please know that my notes below from his talk are based on unofficial research that Thom acknowledged was an early investigation and not ready for publication.
That said, I found his presentation to be so revealing that I still have my notes.
322 medal and honor winners recognized for 310 medal and honor books
63% male
87% caucasian
He broke it up by 25-year-periods, and more women were recognized in the early years.
The last medal or honoree who is not a caucasian man, caucasian women, or african american male was David Diaz in 1995.
12 times all the medalists and honorees were men. Only 2 times were all the medalists and honorees women.
He ended the presentation with questions about what to do with this information. Lots of them. And the room was ablaze with conversation, as I'm sure this conversation will be.
Nick
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On May 15, 2013, at 8:30 AM, K.T. Horning wrote:
We had planned to spend this week discussing art in Caldecott Medal books, but since Rob Reid and Debbie Reese launched a discussion at the end of last week dealing with social issues and the Caldecott Medal books, let's just continue that discussion this week and plan to discuss art next week.
Both Rob and Debbie note that racial diversity is not well reflected among the Caldecott Medal winners (either books or artists)? Another common critcism is that most Caldecott Medals (at least int he past few decades) go to male artists. How does the picture change if you take the Honor Books into consideration?
KT
Received on Wed 15 May 2013 03:41:28 PM CDT
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 15:41:28 -0500
This is a very important topic and conversation. Thanks for the space for it, CCBC.
Thom Barthelmess gave a fantastic and most memorable talk at Carthage College last fall called "Caldecott Culture: Looking Back on their Diversity (or lack thereof)". He acknowledged at the beginning of his talk that his data was unofficial research, and not ready for publication. He categorized to the best of his ability the gender and race of all winners and honorees in the first 75 years of the Caldecottt, and knows that his data isn't fully accurate since he was identifying culture of individuals without their own self-identification. So please know that my notes below from his talk are based on unofficial research that Thom acknowledged was an early investigation and not ready for publication.
That said, I found his presentation to be so revealing that I still have my notes.
322 medal and honor winners recognized for 310 medal and honor books
63% male
87% caucasian
He broke it up by 25-year-periods, and more women were recognized in the early years.
The last medal or honoree who is not a caucasian man, caucasian women, or african american male was David Diaz in 1995.
12 times all the medalists and honorees were men. Only 2 times were all the medalists and honorees women.
He ended the presentation with questions about what to do with this information. Lots of them. And the room was ablaze with conversation, as I'm sure this conversation will be.
Nick
_______
Nick Glass Founder & Executive Director
TeachingBooks.net LLC
p 800 596.0710 e nick_at_TeachingBooks.net
TeachingBooks Take a Tour Video: http://TeachingBooks.net/Tour
On May 15, 2013, at 8:30 AM, K.T. Horning wrote:
We had planned to spend this week discussing art in Caldecott Medal books, but since Rob Reid and Debbie Reese launched a discussion at the end of last week dealing with social issues and the Caldecott Medal books, let's just continue that discussion this week and plan to discuss art next week.
Both Rob and Debbie note that racial diversity is not well reflected among the Caldecott Medal winners (either books or artists)? Another common critcism is that most Caldecott Medals (at least int he past few decades) go to male artists. How does the picture change if you take the Honor Books into consideration?
KT
Received on Wed 15 May 2013 03:41:28 PM CDT
