Rooting out racism in children s books
The Conversation 2 hrs ago Lindsay Pérez Huber, Associate Professor, College of Education, California State University, Long Beach © Ariel Skelley/Getty Images Children s books need better representation of people of color.
Ten years ago, I sat down with my then 8-year-old daughter to read a book before bedtime. The book was sort of a modern-day “boy who cried wolf” story, only it was about a little girl named Lucy who had a bad habit of telling lies.
In the story, Lucy borrowed her friend Paul’s bike and crashed it. Lucy lied to Paul, telling him “a bandit” jumped in her path and caused the crash. I saw the image and stopped reading. I was stunned. The image on the page was the racist stereotype of the “Mexican bandit” wearing a serape, sombrero and sandals.
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Whenever Kim Warren gets an order for Kyleigh and the Apple Pie, her 5-year-old daughter, Kyleigh, springs into action to help prepare it for shipping. She helps me pack all of the orders, she organizes them, and we go to the post office and send them out and she gets reviews and fan mail and I ll read them to her and sometimes I ll let her reply back, the Willingboro native said. Kyleigh is very hands on, sometimes she gives me ideas for different books or shows now that she is more vocal.
Prior to COVID-19, Warren learned Kyleigh had a speech delay. What began as cooking videos as a fun way to get Kyleigh to talk more turned into written stories of her daughter s kitchen adventures to help develop reading skills. Now, Warren hopes her books, like Kyleigh and the Apple Pie will not only inspire her daughter, but also reach young readers that look like her.