[aisle] Addressing Problematic Authors

John Heideman johnh at ncplibrary.org
Wed Sep 23 16:32:40 CDT 2020


I don't think an author's lifestyle or political views should matter.  The
content of the book should matter.If we censure every author whose views or
lifestyle we disagree with we won't have many books in our collection.
Mr. Heideman ( Children's Librarian North Chicago Public Library)

On Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 3:49 PM Claire Greene via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi, everyone!
>
> I'm trying to develop a playbook for teachers in my school to use to
> address content written by problematic authors.
>
> My number one priority is finding substantive and meaningful ways to
> represent diverse perspectives in the curriculum, but my question is about
> addressing the use of works by problematic authors that are already written
> into the curriculum.
>
> Specifically, our 6th grade LA curriculum includes work by Roald Dahl, who
> many of you will be aware was involved in propagating many disturbing
> racist ideas. While the content itself is not problematic, I think it's
> hugely important to address the issue of his character in a clear and
> concrete way.
>
> Does anyone have any specific lessons or resources that they have already
> piloted with students around this theme?
>
> I have already perused the sources below, but I wanted to reach out to you
> all as well.
>
> PBS Tools for Anti-Racist Teaching
> <https://www.pbs.org/education/blog/tools-for-anti-racist-teaching>
> Teaching Tolerance Guide for Discussing Difficult Topics with Students
> <http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/TT%20Difficult%20Conversations%20web.pdf>
> and all of the resources included in this epic EdWeek Blog:
> 15 Classroom Resources for Discussing Racism, Policing, and Protest
> <https://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2020/06/15_classroom_resources_for_discussing_racism_policing_and_protest.html>
>
> Thank you for your insights!
> --
> Claire Greene
> School Librarian
> Northbrook Junior High School
> cgreene at northbrook28.net
>
>
>
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>
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