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From: Nancy Tolson <ananse.nancy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:38:21 -0600
Ditto!
Christine: What I have personally asked for is:
>> 1. More fiction in which children of different ethnicities are major (or
>> central) characters but where race is not the source of the conflict. Race
>> informs their voice, but is not the reason for the book's existence.
>>
>> 2. More fiction where the children are part of the "inner circle" and not
>> tacked on for expediency or marketing purposes.
>>
>> 3. More fiction and nonfiction written by people of color at a rate more
>> reflective of their numbers in the census.
>>
>> 4. Less emphasis on the same "tried and true" stereotypes which is turning
>> students in urban areas off. No more black history around oppression and
>> slavery. More success stories, please.
>>
>> 5. Marketing and visibility of those non-stereotypical titles. People
>> won't buy what they don't know exists. They do gravitate to books getting
>> all the "attention."
>>
>> Most of those who've been around for a few years know my position has never
>> wavered -
>>
>> a. that urban students do read when the RIGHT opportunity presents itself
>> contrary to statistical studies that show they don't find it important.
>>
>> b. that they defy stereotypes and read like other students do - from a
>> diversity of interests not a homogeneity centered around race.
>>
>> c. that wanting to read about kids like them does not always have to mean
>> "set in poverty on a tree lined street filled with negative images and broken
>> families".
>>
>> d. that my own children have problems because they are girls not because
>> they are a specific race
>>
>> and yet
>>
>> e. that they ALSO carry a weight that white children don't carry because
>> they can't remove their color even when doing "mainstream" things such as
>> walk down the street or go to a job interview or Š.
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:38:21 -0600
Ditto!
Christine: What I have personally asked for is:
>> 1. More fiction in which children of different ethnicities are major (or
>> central) characters but where race is not the source of the conflict. Race
>> informs their voice, but is not the reason for the book's existence.
>>
>> 2. More fiction where the children are part of the "inner circle" and not
>> tacked on for expediency or marketing purposes.
>>
>> 3. More fiction and nonfiction written by people of color at a rate more
>> reflective of their numbers in the census.
>>
>> 4. Less emphasis on the same "tried and true" stereotypes which is turning
>> students in urban areas off. No more black history around oppression and
>> slavery. More success stories, please.
>>
>> 5. Marketing and visibility of those non-stereotypical titles. People
>> won't buy what they don't know exists. They do gravitate to books getting
>> all the "attention."
>>
>> Most of those who've been around for a few years know my position has never
>> wavered -
>>
>> a. that urban students do read when the RIGHT opportunity presents itself
>> contrary to statistical studies that show they don't find it important.
>>
>> b. that they defy stereotypes and read like other students do - from a
>> diversity of interests not a homogeneity centered around race.
>>
>> c. that wanting to read about kids like them does not always have to mean
>> "set in poverty on a tree lined street filled with negative images and broken
>> families".
>>
>> d. that my own children have problems because they are girls not because
>> they are a specific race
>>
>> and yet
>>
>> e. that they ALSO carry a weight that white children don't carry because
>> they can't remove their color even when doing "mainstream" things such as
>> walk down the street or go to a job interview or Š.
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