By Shelley Diaz CBC Diversity What is the overlap between challenged books and books by diverse authors? Inspired by the recent flurry of challenges to titles with diverse characters or by minorities or LGBTQ writers, young adult author and…
LatinaLista — It’s another school year and another opportunity for those who want to ‘whitewash’ students’ curriculum to go at it. The most offensive form of school whitewashing is banning books by ethnic authors. Because the books reflect an…
LatinaLista — The Librotraficante Movement was born in direct response to the actions of Arizona legislators who passed House Bill 2281 to ban Mexican American Studies in the state’s schools. Along with that ban came a series of oppressive…
LatinaLista — What do the books “Bless Me, Ultima,” “The Golden Compass,” “The Kite Runner,” “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows,” “Beloved” and the series “Gossip Girl” have in common? They are just a few of the hundreds of…
