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Your favorite book from childhood might be racist

How you can keep loving your favorite classics while acknowledging the harmful parts.

08/11/2017

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Your favorite book from childhood might be racist

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How you can keep loving your favorite classics while acknowledging the harmful parts.

Do you have an old children’s book you love? Well, there’s a good chance that it might be racist, says kids’ author Grace Lin. She offers her humble opinion on how you can keep loving your favorite classics while acknowledging the out-of-date or harmful parts.

08/11/2017

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