Who gets to say?

this post also appears at The Wrong Half I was reading this post on Debbie Reese’s American Indians in Children’s Literature blog today in which she addresses the 2010 census finding that Native Americans and NHPIs have the highest rate of reporting more than one race.  This isn’t news and common sense and a little … Continue reading »

“It’s what’s on the inside that counts”

On Sunday, my husband and I were going through my most favorite and dangerous store ever, shopping for things we don’t actually need when we only went in for 2 items and came out with 10, Target, when we got separated.  As I was contemplating the body sizes of my friends to buy them t-shirts … Continue reading »

Race and Children’s Literature

While this isn’t a new topic, I don’t think it ever gets old and discussions are always new and insightful, regardless of how many times the work has been read and discussed. Today, a woman came in looking for Little House on the Prairie.  Now, as a child in fourth and fifth grades, I was … Continue reading »