Juliann, good points.  As I tell my uni students, genuine diversity in children's and YA books really blossomed just about ten years ago, with We Need Diverse Books to thank for it.  Before then, even if diversity was represented, it was often written by a person not a member of the group, and thus not always an accurate representation.  (And hello!  UB!!!!!!  Congratulations.)

Cathy Andronik
Retired (Brien McMahon HS, Norwalk)

On Thursday, 24 February 2022, 09:01:38 am GMT-5, Juliann T. Moskowitz <juliann14@hotmail.com> wrote:


As the author is a fellow at a conservative think tank, his opinion is not surprising. I would argue however, that the addition of materials that he calls "woke" are just an effort to balance out materials that support his and other conservative world views that have long been part of many library collections.



Juliann T. Moskowitz 

Instruction and Information Literacy Librarian

Wahlstrom Library

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT 06604


 





 
     

   

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