[CASL-L] Cataloging and Race

[Michelle Luhtala]

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1elJKK6Yo26Q2_RSBSpuygmbq3A67lyljOM8jtgdtWxI/edit?usp=sharing

On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 3:12 PM Elaine Shapiro <elaine.shapiro7 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thank you to everyone who responded.  According to that article, my
> instinct to use "Blacks" was a good one. The particular book I was looking
> at that inspired my post, Seeing into Tomorrow, is actually about African
> American boys, so I used that subject.
> I appreciate the other terms, like diversity, and People of Color, etc,
> but I think it is important (as one of you said) to be specific.
> I want to be able to provide students with "mirrors" to see themselves in
> books, and cataloging books with specific terms enables that.
> I am beginning to see problems with "race" or "diversity", as those terms
> assume "white" as normal or the standard.  Much like the article said about
> Astronauts.
> Lots to consider, and we librarians have some power to make these small
> changes.
>
> Elaine
>
> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 1:47 PM Lynch, Joyce <lynchj at plainvilleschools.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Personally, I think that term may be easily misinterpreted and some may
>> be offended. How about: “People of Color?” I just use an inclusive term:
>> diverse.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:18 AM Cheryl Robertson <
>> robertsonc at guilfordschools.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Elaine,
>>> That's a great point.  Might we also add the term "Brown"?  I am eager
>>> to read our colleagues' suggestions.
>>> Respectfully,
>>> Cheryl
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 10:01 AM Elaine Shapiro <
>>> elaine.shapiro7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I often add subjects to my catalog records in my elementary school
>>>> library.
>>>> For example,  "multicultural" "African American"  "civil rights".  But,
>>>> as I learn more about race, I realize that African American is not an
>>>> accurate term for books about or featuring black people, because not all
>>>> black people in the US are from the US originally. Thoughts on better
>>>> subject terms?  "Blacks" "Black People"?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you
>>>> Elaine
>>>>
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