Article 6N7Z9 Stop Making Black Kids Read These Old-Timey Books. Consider These Black Books Instead

Stop Making Black Kids Read These Old-Timey Books. Consider These Black Books Instead

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Angela Johnson
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In plenty of schools around the country, students have been reading the same books for decades. Besides being just plain boring, we can't ignore that most of these books, which are often considered classics, don't exactly reflect Black people's lived experience in America.

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