Category: racism

Acceptable Racisms and Children’s Literature

May 24, 2020
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 |  #MeToo, Anne Rooney, blackface, Bonfire Night, Children's Books News, children's literature, Clare Heuchan, Esther Morris, feminsim, Grenfell Tower, institutional racism, Linda Arms White, Nancy Carpenter, Nikesh Shukla, Nosy Crow, Olive Malvery, Patrice Lawrence, racism, Uncategorized, women's suffrage

There are two kinds of racism: incidental, by which I mean something that happens because of the actions of individuals; […]

Like a Norman Rockwell Painting: Freedom, Justice, and Children’s Literature

May 22, 2020
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 |  American Indians, Charles Schulz, Children's Books News, children's literature, Civil Rights, Edel Rodriguez, Four Freedoms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jonah Winter, Mariel Boatlift, Norman Rockwell, Pilgrims and Wampanoag, racism, Ruby Bridges, Sonia Sotomayor, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized

This week, Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday that has always been about more than a harvest feast or festival.  Both […]

Able to Participate: Disability and Race in British Children’s Books

May 20, 2020
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 |  Amnesty International, Bali Rai, British Asians, Children's Books News, children's literature, Depression, disability, Elizabeth Laird, homosexuality, Josephine Kamm, racism, Refugees, Sarah Crossan, Sita Brahmachari, terrorism, UN Declaration of the Rights of the Child, Uncategorized

This fall, when I participated in a daylong symposium at Amnesty International UK on children’s books and human rights, the […]

Yes, actually, they DO know it’s Christmas: Imperialism and the holidays

May 19, 2020
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 |  advertising, Africa, Children's Books News, children's literature, Christmas, Clark Doll Test, Clement Clarke Moore, Dominican Republic, Enrique O. Sanchez, Esmeralda Santiago, famine, Iceland, imperialism, Kate Elizabeth Ernest, Puerto Rico, Rachel Isadora, racism, Uncategorized

My least favorite Christmas songs involve people feeling sorry for other people.  There’s no better way to encourage smug self-satisfaction […]