tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160636034192691079.post2489804105863337576..comments2024-01-13T21:31:23.388-05:00Comments on Reading While White: The Long HaulReading While Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07807138877345669931noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160636034192691079.post-64529776226589632422016-03-09T11:12:03.977-05:002016-03-09T11:12:03.977-05:00Megan, your question prompted me to do a long over...Megan, your question prompted me to do a long overdue post on William Apess, a Pequot man who I credit with the first written objections to misrepresentations. His autobiography was published in 1829. Here is my post. http://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2016/03/william-appess-pequot-on-depictions-of.html Debbie Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972409006633565859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160636034192691079.post-90617036917471742892016-03-09T04:45:12.919-05:002016-03-09T04:45:12.919-05:00Julius Lester taught me a great deal over the many...Julius Lester taught me a great deal over the many years he was active on the child_lit list serve. If you use Facebook, I recommend following him as recently he has been posting some great stuff --- photographs from his days in the Civil Rights movement and some incredibly thoughtful commentary on current events. Monica Edingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924540264341924291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160636034192691079.post-36416972510981926502016-03-09T01:16:37.332-05:002016-03-09T01:16:37.332-05:00Additional names of professors in Education, Liter...Additional names of professors in Education, Literacy, English, and Library Education: Rosalinda B. Barrera, Junko Yokota, Carmen Medina, Carmen Martínez-Roldán, Jamie Naidoo, Oralia Garza de Cortes, to name but a few more. We have been working for a long time.Ruth E. Quiroahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01370336567968608884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160636034192691079.post-65264939218051667042016-03-09T00:57:38.071-05:002016-03-09T00:57:38.071-05:00Thank you, Megan! I also suggest looking through b...Thank you, Megan! I also suggest looking through back issues of MultiCultural Review for reviews and articles written by these and other scholars and librarians. One you haven't mentioned, for example, is Oralia Garza de Cortés, who in 1996 or so published a wonderful article in MCR about the creation of the Pura Belpré Award, titled "Justice in the Publishing Field."Lyn Miller-Lachmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01939121876262433495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160636034192691079.post-9239553463539170442016-03-08T17:12:49.033-05:002016-03-08T17:12:49.033-05:00Ebony--thank you for bringing up the important wor...Ebony--thank you for bringing up the important work of educators in English and Literacy--yes! So many insightful people who have widened the road for everyone.Megan Schliesmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014338325346040998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160636034192691079.post-59354305918438893042016-03-08T15:36:14.922-05:002016-03-08T15:36:14.922-05:00Thank you so much for this post, Megan. The histor...Thank you so much for this post, Megan. The history of activism to diversify children's literature, publishing, English, librarianship, etc., is indeed a long and rich history. These stories - our stories - also need to be told. Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13209007181027893630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160636034192691079.post-16698454581798755272016-03-08T11:42:33.091-05:002016-03-08T11:42:33.091-05:00I commend you for this excellent post, Megan, and ...I commend you for this excellent post, Megan, and appreciate Reading While White for your work and consistent allyship. Don't forget about professors in English and literacy education who've done this work for 10-20+ years, such as Michelle Martin, Mingshui Cai, Patricia Enciso, Wanda Brooks, and Jonda McNair, to name a few. In my generation, there are Sarah Park Dahlen, Kafi Kumasi, Marilisa Jimenez-Garcia, Sybil Durand, and a growing number of others. We are educating the next generation of teachers and school librarians. The struggle certainly continues.Ebony Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11520768018146030366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160636034192691079.post-48117314027013027402016-03-08T09:22:47.020-05:002016-03-08T09:22:47.020-05:00Great post, Megan! There's lots of documentati...Great post, Megan! There's lots of documentation of this struggle for diversity and equity in children's book publishing and there have been numerous conferences held over the years including the Multicolored Mirror (1991) at U. of Wisconsin. Thanks for reminding all of us that the struggle is an ongoing one. Thanks for being a consistent ally. At Just Us Books, we continue...webmaster_justusbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08038083878254072184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9160636034192691079.post-11791682855709010242016-03-08T08:37:27.330-05:002016-03-08T08:37:27.330-05:00Great blog post, Megan. Thank you for reminding fo...Great blog post, Megan. Thank you for reminding folks who are new to the struggle that we have been facing resistance from the industry for decades. Kate Capshaw has an important essay on the century-long struggle of African Americans to provide Black children with affirming images and narratives: http://childlit.unl.edu/topics/edi.harlem.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com