How important is diversity in children's books?
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How important is diversity in children's books?
In children's books, how important is it to have diverse characters? Why is it so important? If not, why do you think it's not important?
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"Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison looked at 3,200 children's books published in the United States last year, it found that only 14 percent had black, Latino, Asian, or Native American main characters. Meanwhile, industry data collected by publisher Lee & Low and others suggest that roughly 80 percent of the children's book world—authors and illustrators, editors, execs, marketers, and reviewers—is white"
And of course, this is only talking about racial diversity, not any of the other kinds. That said, hopefully with awareness now being drawn to the issue, we will start to see a steady increase in minority representation. I was really happy to hear that there is now an autistic character on Sesame Street, for example!
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