<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">H</span><font size="4" style="" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">i!</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><span style="color:rgb(59,67,69);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">There is an interesting history of Sengalese storytelling woven into the controversial Uncle Remus book. </span><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">I would weed the original 1880 stories and possibly replace them with <font style="color:rgb(59,67,69)">Compair Lapin<span class="gmail_default">, a new version that </span></font></font><span style="color:rgb(59,67,69);font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:large">focuses on the traditional Sengalese stories that were told by the enslaved people in New Orleans.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Article with the historian: <a href="https://countryroadsmagazine.com/supperclub/tell-me-a-story-programming/">https://countryroadsmagazine.com/supperclub/tell-me-a-story-programming/</a></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">I learned about the historical significance of B'rer Rabbit while visiting the Laura Plantation, which strives to focus on the full story of "Creole Heritage", rather than "ooo, a pretty house" like most plantation tours. The Uncle Remus stories were first recorded here, and that historical significance is the main reason the story and experiences of the enslaved people on the plantation were able to be shared. It was fascinating to realize this was the first, and for a long time-the only, plantation that actually told what truly took place there. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><a href="https://www.lauraplantation.com/discover/museum-exhibit"><font size="4" face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">https://www.lauraplantation.com/discover/museum-exhibit<br></font></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><a href="https://www.lauraplantation.com/discover/museum-exhibit"><br></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><a href="https://www.lauraplantation.com/discover/museum-exhibit"><br></a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:trebuchet ms,sans-serif;font-size:large"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 8:19 AM Meyer, Gail via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-8689751311027520068">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would weed it. Ask yourself, what benefit does this serve to students?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I can’t think of a reason it would be needed for ANY curriculum, and if someone actually asks for it ever, the full text is available from the Gutenberg project.
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<p class="MsoNormal">My aide and I had a whole discussion just the other day about non-fiction accounts of slavery written in dialect and if it serves to dehumanize people of color. Students overheard and got involved. It was interesting, to say the least.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Gail Meyer, Librarian<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle-bounces@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle-bounces@list.railslibraries.info</a>> <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Lala Lala via AISLE<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 29, 2022 4:49 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [aisle] The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus - considering weeding/want feedback please<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am a High School Librarian and this is in our collection. The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It's the Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, etc. stories, first published in 1880.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am aware of the controversy around it and wonder if anyone has or had it in their collection?<u></u><u></u></p>
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