Grace Lin on Racism in Children’s Lit

And this (the below quote) is why I love Grace Lin.  She’s so eloquent and thoughtful.  I don’t think I could have said it better myself.  Check out her blog here. I actually had forgotten what I had said about the “Little House” books until recently. But even though “Ma hating Indians” made me feel … Continue reading »

Racist but not horribly racist books (if that’s possible…)

A library school student emailed me recently asking what my thoughts were on books that aren’t overtly racist (i.e. Little Black Sambo) and have been almost universally black balled, but books which have some racism in them although they may be “classics” (i.e. Little House on the Prairie).  A related issue that was currently a … Continue reading »