policymic:Of the 3,200 kids’ books published in 2013, only 253 were about people of color Enter the
policymic:Of the 3,200 kids’ books published in 2013, only 253 were about people of color Enter the #WeNeedDiverseBooks campaign. Launched on May 1, the campaign’s plan is a two-day hashtag and photo barrage in order to wake up the publishing world, or as they put it, to turn their voices into a “roar that can’t be ignored.” They’re campaigning, yes, for diversity in children’s books but also acknowledgement of the diverse authors who are already writing those books. Book fairs and panels often highlight exclusively white writers which feeds into the larger problem. In fact, the event that inadvertently caused this uproar was the readers’ convention BookCon which featured an all-star line up of 30 children’s writers. All 30 of them were white. Read more | Follow @policymic -- source link