Children’s books must be diverse, or kids will grow up believing white is superior
Author Identifier (ORCID)
Helen Joanne Adam
ORCID: 0000-0002-3005-7142
Caroline Barratt-Pugh
ORCID: 0000-0002-1470-0089
Abstract
Children develop their sense of identity and perceptions of others from a very earlyage – as early as three months old. Because of this, young children are particularly vulnerable to the messages they see and hear in the media and in books.
Keywords
[RSTDPub], childrens literature, childrens books, diversity, early childhood, racism, Unconscious bias, yound children, Black Lives Matter, Indigenous Australians
Document Type
Article
Date of Publication
7-9-2020
Publication Title
The Conversation
Publisher
The Conversation Media Group Ltd
School
School of Education
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Copyright
free_to_read
Comments
Adam, H. J., Barratt-Pugh, C., Jackson-Barrett, L., & Somerville, R. S. (2020, July 9). Children’s books must be diverse, or kids will grow up believing white is superior. https://theconversation.com/childrens-books-must-be-diverse-or-kids-will-grow-up-believing-white-is-superior-140736