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Dolly Parton scheme giving children free books attacked as ‘white saviourism’
Telegraph(UK) ^ | 6/20/24 | Telegraph writers

Posted on 07/03/2024 12:59:17 PM PDT by DallasBiff

Dolly Parton has been accused of “white saviourism” for giving millions of free books to poor children.

The reading scheme, called Imagination Library, was launched by the country and western star in the US more than three decades ago. It now operates in the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia, and has been lauded for helping to drive up literacy rates.

It gives disadvantaged pupils the same access to books as their middle-class peers by sending high-quality titles directly to the homes of under-fives.

But according to a recently published academic paper, the award-winning scheme is racist by reinforcing notions of “white privilege and heteronormativity” and not representing enough cultural diversity, disability, trans and bisexual gender identities and non-traditional family structures.

The academic paper, by speech and language pathologist Jennifer Stone, published by the University of North Carolina, asserts that Dolly Parton’s philanthropy is “potentially dangerous” and smacks of “white savourism”

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To: DallasBiff

What a maroon.


61 posted on 07/03/2024 7:20:01 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: jacknhoo

As long as the books she provides do not reflect that I see no problem. It is not as though she is teaching the children.


62 posted on 07/03/2024 7:25:38 PM PDT by lastchance (Cognovit Dominus qui sunt eius.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

63 posted on 07/03/2024 7:57:56 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Organic Panic

You don’t want them to riot in the streets do you?

So let government give them your tax money so they can pay for polyester hair, huge green nails, a huge TV and big car.


64 posted on 07/05/2024 3:43:01 PM PDT by Red6
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To: DallasBiff

Dolly Parton’s good deed for needy children sees her branded ‘racist, homophobic and sexist’ by woke academic

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13605773/Dolly-Partons-good-deed-needy-children-sees-branded-racist-homophobic-sexist-woke-academic.html


65 posted on 07/06/2024 5:30:53 AM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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