When I was a high school teacher, I taught a unit called 'What is an American.' I used to start my American lit classes with a simple assignment — look in a magazine and bring in a photo of an American. Over 90 percent of my students in the diverse suburban and New York City public schools I taught at brought in photos of white models… Representation matters. Consider what it must be like for a child to be bombarded with Presidential tweets and popular culture where the people who look like them are labeled as terrorist, thug, cockroach, criminal, liar, un-American. EVERY CHILD DESERVES TO SEE THEMSELVES AS A HERO ON THE PAGE.
Samira Ahmed Challenges Librarians: “Use Your Power” | Writing and Reading in the Trump Era [School Library Journal, 15 November 2019]
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