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I don& #39;t much tweet about books I don& #39;t like, trying instead to focus on ones I do.
But I& #39;ll say this: I& #39;m really fucking tired of children& #39;s anthologies that "celebrate girl power!!!!!!" with 80% white girls. It& #39;s intentional and it& #39;s gross and it& #39;s tired.
But I& #39;ll say this: I& #39;m really fucking tired of children& #39;s anthologies that "celebrate girl power!!!!!!" with 80% white girls. It& #39;s intentional and it& #39;s gross and it& #39;s tired.
I typically shop at my local indie, and I& #39;m spoiled off that bubble. Because I went into B&N for the first time in a long time and was aghast at the sheer volume of whiteness in the children& #39;s section.
We STILL need diverse books. A few recent bestsellers is not enough.
We STILL need diverse books. A few recent bestsellers is not enough.
And re: anthologies: they always put a story with a Black or Brown girl *first.* Whether that& #39;s
1) so a parent looking for diversity cracks it open and thinks, "okay cool"
or
2) as the publisher: "whew got that out of the way! ON TO THE WHITE"
...either way it& #39;s a trick
1) so a parent looking for diversity cracks it open and thinks, "okay cool"
or
2) as the publisher: "whew got that out of the way! ON TO THE WHITE"
...either way it& #39;s a trick
All I can say about these anthologies is that I don& #39;t buy them for my daughter and I don& #39;t recommend you buy them for your kids either. This version of "diversity" is white supremacy, full stop.
Anyway, it& #39;s not often that my rants overlap with a rave, but all of this is why I& #39;m so excited about #BookmarksNetflix. We don& #39;t do many screens with our daughter, but we *will* be doing this. https://twitter.com/iammarleydias/status/1298294015067127808?s=20">https://twitter.com/iammarley...
(Also, I gotta say that so much of what is good, we owe to @levarburton. Grateful for you, sir.)
