Category Archives: racism
Modernizing vs Censoring: Where’s the line?
Hello folks — yes I am back and feeling much better, thanks! Looking forward to a new, improved year – this time hopefully without the bike and car accidents that plagued 2010. ——- What do we do with a “classic” … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, inclusion/exclusion, publishing, racism
How times change: Finally a gay character in Archie
A number of years ago, when I was on the teen librarian track, I decided to explore the world of graphic novels. I’d never really read comics that weren’t featured in the newspaper before, but I knew they were growing … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, Intellectual freedom, public libraries, racism, school libraries, youth
Anti-ethnic penguin update
I have received a reply to my query about the “anti-ethnic” allegations against “And Tango Makes Three” (for background see previous post on the topic). The ALA Office of Intellectual Freedom was kind enough to explain to me that the … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, Intellectual freedom, racism, Uncategorized, youth
And Tango Makes Three: anti-ethnic penguins?
It was recently called to my attention that on the ALA’s list of the “10 Most Challenged Books,” And Tango Makes Three is listed as being challenged not only for the to-be-expected reasons such as “homosexuality” (although at least one … Continue reading
Filed under censorship, Intellectual freedom, public libraries, publishing, racism, school libraries, youth
Tomorrow’s History & the Role of Public Libraries
I’ve been thinking about digitization and history; specifically the trusim that history is written by the victors (aka the privileged), and what that means for our current era. With literacy and war-conquests-slash-oppression on the part of literate groups, orality became … Continue reading
Social Justice in The American Archivist (!)
I’ve been home with the flu, which has provided time to catch up on some reading (ok, also television. But that’s not for this blog.) The latest issue of The American Archivist crossed my desk about a week ago, and … Continue reading
Filed under archives, racism, The Profession
Link to Survey Results – The Black Experience In Library School
A link to a study of racism in library school was passed on to me by the fantastic librarian and archivist of the UCLA Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies Library and Media Center. The link below to … Continue reading
Filed under LIS education, racism, The Profession
