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Re: Multiculturalism and the unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty
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From: Christine Taylor-Butler <kansascitymom_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:54:30 -0600
Charles,
As usual you leave me with a loss for words. Perhaps I misunderstand your meaning but the state of multicultural publishing in your posts over the years seems to whittle down to:
1. People of color don't buy books, 2. It isn't important to them, 3. If they do buy books, cultural inclusion isn't relevant to future success 3. CCBC members shouldn't consider themselves representative of, or qualified to speak for them (even when they are the target audience and/or work directly with them).
So I doubt you will enjoy this blog essay that my husband stumbled upon - but perhaps it will help those who read your statistical analyses and are still wondering how on Earth you arrived at those conclusions.
“You can’t do that! Stories have to be about White people" (Dec 7, 2013): http://mediadiversified.org/2013/12/07/you-cant-do-that-stories-have-to-be-about-white-people/
Go in peace, my friend. Crunch your numbers. Post your data points. The rest of us have real tangible work to do to insure children of ALL colors see themselves reflected in literature in a way that allows them to be joyful and develop to their full potential.
My regards, Christine
On Feb 14, 2014, at 5:34 PM, Charles Bayless wrote:
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> Is racial underrepresentation in literary fiction a material issue that needs to be addressed? I think it would be safe to say that a strong majority, let’s say 60-80%, of the CCBC population would answer Yes! The general population has a different answer. Taking daily reading as a proxy for belief that reading is important, only 55% believe reading to children is important. Of that only 4% are concerned with literary fiction, i.e. 2.2%. And of those, only 40% are concerned with interracial issues, i.e. 0.8% of the population. It calls to mind Kissinger’s quip that the fights are so bitter because the stakes are so small.
>
> Where does that leave us? 80% of population C (CCBC) says that racial underrepresentation in books is important and something needs to be done. Only 0.8% of population A (all) says that there is an issue that needs to be addressed. Population C can produce some solid research indicating thatvolume of childhood reading is important to life outcomes but can produce no evidence that content of reading has any effect on life outcomes.
>
> That’s a big hill of persuasion to climb.
>
> I
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 19:54:30 -0600
Charles,
As usual you leave me with a loss for words. Perhaps I misunderstand your meaning but the state of multicultural publishing in your posts over the years seems to whittle down to:
1. People of color don't buy books, 2. It isn't important to them, 3. If they do buy books, cultural inclusion isn't relevant to future success 3. CCBC members shouldn't consider themselves representative of, or qualified to speak for them (even when they are the target audience and/or work directly with them).
So I doubt you will enjoy this blog essay that my husband stumbled upon - but perhaps it will help those who read your statistical analyses and are still wondering how on Earth you arrived at those conclusions.
“You can’t do that! Stories have to be about White people" (Dec 7, 2013): http://mediadiversified.org/2013/12/07/you-cant-do-that-stories-have-to-be-about-white-people/
Go in peace, my friend. Crunch your numbers. Post your data points. The rest of us have real tangible work to do to insure children of ALL colors see themselves reflected in literature in a way that allows them to be joyful and develop to their full potential.
My regards, Christine
On Feb 14, 2014, at 5:34 PM, Charles Bayless wrote:
>
> Is racial underrepresentation in literary fiction a material issue that needs to be addressed? I think it would be safe to say that a strong majority, let’s say 60-80%, of the CCBC population would answer Yes! The general population has a different answer. Taking daily reading as a proxy for belief that reading is important, only 55% believe reading to children is important. Of that only 4% are concerned with literary fiction, i.e. 2.2%. And of those, only 40% are concerned with interracial issues, i.e. 0.8% of the population. It calls to mind Kissinger’s quip that the fights are so bitter because the stakes are so small.
>
> Where does that leave us? 80% of population C (CCBC) says that racial underrepresentation in books is important and something needs to be done. Only 0.8% of population A (all) says that there is an issue that needs to be addressed. Population C can produce some solid research indicating thatvolume of childhood reading is important to life outcomes but can produce no evidence that content of reading has any effect on life outcomes.
>
> That’s a big hill of persuasion to climb.
>
> I
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