“Ms. Woodson explained that children notice not just overt prejudice, but also a million unspoken assumptions having to do with race and racial hierarchies that lead kids of color to wonder where they belong in this world. It is crucial that children’s literature represent its diverse readership.
‘It’s important to hold up mirrors for kids to see their experience is legitimate. Too often those mirrors aren’t there for them,’ she said.
Ms. Woodson will speak Sunday at the Carnegie Library in Oakland as part of the Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Kids and Teens series.”
Author @JackieWoodson, coming to @carnegielibrary on Sunday, listens to silences and history: https://t.co/xpXpLGcXSb
— Pgh Arts & Lectures (@PghArtsLectures) February 24, 2016