Posted on 06/24/2018 1:36:33 PM PDT by Leaning Right
CHICAGO – A division of the American Library Association has voted to remove Laura Ingalls Wilder's name from a major children's book award over concerns with how the early-to-mid 20th century author portrayed blacks and Native Americans.
The Association for Library Service to Children's board made the unanimous decision Saturday at a meeting in New Orleans. The name has been changed to the Children's Literature Legacy Award.
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Frankly, I think it is time to privatize libraries. I am tired of leftist on public dole.
Shaking my head for their politically correct stupidity. No wonder Trump won and is going to win again with a high majority in 2020.
Political Correctness is going to get you killed.
When I took Chilren’s Lit in college, we were told never to have books in our classroom that were written before 1970...
This was the early 1980s...
the only older books we studied were the Caldecott/Newbury prize winners...going back to the 1940s..
and this was at a Christian college but influenced in that area by the Tennessee state lib “edumacaters”
The single most racist “person” or entity in the whole universe, is God.
If he had not created people of different colors, nobody would notice the different skin colors. No wonder democrats hate God.
Twisted and sick people are infiltrating the children of our country.
I could see that happening. Brrr...
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