It’s a cool morning here in the heartland. I spent much of the day yesterday, a beautiful, sunny warm day, driving home from the Virginia Hamilton Conference in Kent OH. Kent is to the north and east of me, thus leading me to light snowflakes when the temperatures fell on Friday. It’s cool here in… Read More SundayMorningReads
Although the pain in my neck tells me I’m living online, I do take the time to do offline, informative reading as well. Sometimes the journals pile up and wait months before I get to them, but this month there have been very informative articles that couldn’t wait. I’ve already mentioned the current School Library… Read More A Print Read
The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Diversity and the Diversity Research Grants Advisory Committee seek proposals for the Diversity Research Grant program. Applicants must be current ALA members and 2010 proposals must address one of three identified topics: Upward mobility of Library Leaders from Underrepresented Populations Information Services and Collections for Diverse Children and… Read More ALA Diversity Research Grant
I have a teacher about to teach Wish After Midnight. After beginning the first chapter, she reported that the girls are hooked, but not yet the boys. I remember that, yes, WAM is a book with a female protagonist and we’re supposed to teach boy books, aren’t we? Boys are more difficult to engage in… Read More Wishing for a new Default
Paramount studios has taken Nickelodeon’s multicultural “Airbenders” to the big screen with an all white cast. This video explains the controversy. Follow the controversy on Twitter: http://twitter.com/racebending or on the Racebending blog which gives a great history of how Hollywood has continually misrepresented minorities in film. While this diverges a bit from the cover issue we’ve been… Read More Whitewashing/Racebending Racism Continues
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