Diversity in the News
July 11th – July 18th, 2013
CBC DIVERSITY/COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THE NEWS
- Children's literature lacks diversity, say authors, librarians at The Tennessean – includes thoughts from Alvina Ling, Executive Editorial Director at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and CBC Diversity Committee Member
ON OUR RADAR
- Kids React Adorably To Cheerios Ad That Sparked Racist Backlash (VIDEO) at the Huffington Post
- Related: The Cheerios ad (VIDEO); an interview (VIDEO) with the young star of the ad and her family about the controversy on MSNBC
- Part IV: Are All Book Covers Created Equal? Bank Street 6th-Graders Talk With Knopf Editors!
- Has ‘Caucasian’ Lost Its Meaning? at the New York Times
- 'Fat Angie' Author Reaches Out to At-Risk Kids at PW – the author has embarked on an At-Risk tour, using her book as a springboard for “conversations with at-risk youngsters, including those who are economically disadvantaged, bullied, and LGBTQ.”
- Community Angered by Tossed Black History Collection at School Library Journal
