Librarians Change The Name Of An Award Because Of Serious Concerns About Racism And Anti-Native Bias

Anyone who has read the Little House on the Prairie books, either for themselves or to their kids, probably remembers the depictions of Native Americans, not to mention Pa's episode of blackface and minstrel performance. The librarians certainly haven't forgotten that. "A division of the American Library Association has voted to remove the name of Laura Ingalls Wilder from a major children’s book award, over concerns about how the author portrayed African Americans and Native Americans."

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