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From: Christine Taylor-Butler <kansascitymom_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:59:03 -0600
Chris,
You make me smile - and thanks for broadening the lens. I see such hope in the eyes of children - many from families at a lower economic rung who may be first generation college when they begin to see themselves depicted in ways that reflect their full range of experiences and also validate that they, too, are part of the fabric of life in a successful way.
:-)
Sending a big cyber hug!…..Christine
On Feb 17, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Chris Tebbetts wrote:
> This conversation keeps bringing me back to a mental ven diagram -- three circles representing books written BY, FOR, and ABOUT a diversity of people/characters. Which is to say there is (of course) a value in increasing the presence and availability of books in each of those categories, but also that the places where those categories do and don't overlap are worth considering as distinct pieces of the overall goal here.
>
> - Books by authors of color (or for that matter, LGBTQ authors) that show kids who share that demographic a piece of their own experience
>
> - Books about characters of color (or LGBTQ characters) that EVERYONE should be reading
>
> - Books by authors from outside any given population about a diversity of characters/experiences
>
> Etc.
>
> I don't think this is a news flash, and in fact, this discussion has touched on all of the above. Nor are these theoretical "sub-category" books all mutually exclusive. But I've wondered more than once (as someone who is not nearly as well versed in this topic as a lot of the frequent posters to this listserv) if and when we're taking about BY, FOR, or ABOUT, and in which combination. That's not a complaint....just something I'm naming as a potential point of clarification/refinement in future discussions.
>
> Chris Tebbetts
> christebbetts.com
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 09:59:03 -0600
Chris,
You make me smile - and thanks for broadening the lens. I see such hope in the eyes of children - many from families at a lower economic rung who may be first generation college when they begin to see themselves depicted in ways that reflect their full range of experiences and also validate that they, too, are part of the fabric of life in a successful way.
:-)
Sending a big cyber hug!…..Christine
On Feb 17, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Chris Tebbetts wrote:
> This conversation keeps bringing me back to a mental ven diagram -- three circles representing books written BY, FOR, and ABOUT a diversity of people/characters. Which is to say there is (of course) a value in increasing the presence and availability of books in each of those categories, but also that the places where those categories do and don't overlap are worth considering as distinct pieces of the overall goal here.
>
> - Books by authors of color (or for that matter, LGBTQ authors) that show kids who share that demographic a piece of their own experience
>
> - Books about characters of color (or LGBTQ characters) that EVERYONE should be reading
>
> - Books by authors from outside any given population about a diversity of characters/experiences
>
> Etc.
>
> I don't think this is a news flash, and in fact, this discussion has touched on all of the above. Nor are these theoretical "sub-category" books all mutually exclusive. But I've wondered more than once (as someone who is not nearly as well versed in this topic as a lot of the frequent posters to this listserv) if and when we're taking about BY, FOR, or ABOUT, and in which combination. That's not a complaint....just something I'm naming as a potential point of clarification/refinement in future discussions.
>
> Chris Tebbetts
> christebbetts.com
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