"...as long as we raise our voices against censorship and teach the next generation how crucial it is to defend the right to read." -David Levithan
Racial Identities
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“Educators’ Right and Responsibilities to Engage in Antiracist Teaching” - NCTE position statement
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I’m Not Dying with You Tonight by Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal
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“Diversity in Children's Books, 2012” by Tina Kugler
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“Picture This: Diversity in Children’s Books 2018 Infographic” by Sarah Park Dahlen and David Huyck
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“A Curriculum of Irrelevancy” by Kylene Beers
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All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
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This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell
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This Book is Anti-Racist Journal: Over 50 Activities to Help You Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell
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Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, and Trying Again edited by Shakira Bourne and Dana Alison Levy
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“Three Women of Chuck’s Donuts” by Anthony Veasna So
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Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
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“The Paper Menagerie” by Ken Liu
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“Crickets” by Robert Olen Butler
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"Curriculum As Window and Mirror" by Emily Style
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“Nonconforming” by Laurent Dubreuil
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Colson Whitehead interview by Terry Gross on NPR’s Fresh Air
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I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
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Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang
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World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
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The 1619 Project - website& books
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"The 1619 Project" by Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times
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A Bibliography of the Interracial Books for Children Bulletin (IBCB)
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The Reservoir: A Chronicle for Collective Change (RCCC)
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The Danger of a Single Story TED talk by Chimamanda Adichie
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10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books for Racism and Sexism by The Council on Interracial Books for Children
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“Tell Me Sweet Little Lies”: Racism as a Form of Persistent Malinformation by Nicole A. Cooke
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“Perceptions of Diversity in Book Reviews” by Malinda Lo