That's racist!

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#3,953
Better grab those Books, DVDs & Blu-rays before they are purged from the shelves the way the Dukes were.

Laura Ingalls Wilder's name nixed from major children's book award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in 'Little House on the Prairie' novels

Laura Ingalls Wilder's name nixed from major children's book award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in 'Little House on the Prairie' novels


Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name will be removed from a major award because of how the “Little House on the Prairie” author portrayed minorities in her novels, the children’s division of the American Library Association voted Saturday.

“This decision was made in consideration of the fact that Wilder’s legacy, as represented by her body of work, includes expressions of stereotypical attitudes inconsistent with ALSC’s core values of inclusiveness, integrity and respect, and responsiveness,” the Association for Library Service to Children said in a statement after the unanimous vote.

According to the organization’s website, "the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award honors an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period of years, a substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.”

It will now be called the Children’s Literature Legacy Award.

Wilder, born in 1867, published her first “Little House on the Prairie” book in 1932; the seven subsequent novels about pioneer life in the west were published through 1943, just 14 years before she died. Wilder was presented the first award in 1954, after which it was named for her and presented every five years between 1960 and 1980, every three years between 1980 and 2001, every two years between 2001 and 2015 and annually since then.

The racial issues in her books have been debated long before February, when the ALSC announced it would be voting on whether to keep Wilder’s name on its award, calling her legacy “complex.” At the forefront of the argument is her handling of black and Native American characters, both in namecalling and characterization.

Some, however, have argued that the books and their handling of non-white characters can be used as a teaching lesson without ignoring the important family values.

“It would be easy to take these books off the shelf, to say that they – like many books of their time – were steeped in white supremacy and racism and therefore they do not belong in our canon,” James Noonan, a research affiliate with the Justice In Schools project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, wrote on the university’s website. “It would also be easy to read all of the pages full of wonder and wild adventure and a family’s love and skip over the parts that inconveniently don’t fit that narrative. Instead, I am trying a middle path.”
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This is so sad is there really is nothing that the Dems & Libs won't try and destroy or erase from History?



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#3,956
#3,956
Pretty soon the Civil War won't exist and it will be a hate crime to mention it. See Charleston Council Approving to Apologize for Slavery.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
LMGTFY<----- click here
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Lulz-l-lulz! :lolabove::lolabove::lolabove::lolabove::lolabove:

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lawgator1 said:
Now, now, the reality is that a segment have been stupid for quite some time. Its just that now they feel like they can say their stupid things out loud because they are proudly following the lead of their President.
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Bro, don't tee it up like this. Quick, edit before you get roasted.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Now, now, the reality is that (no that's) a segment have has been stupid for quite some time. Its It's just that (don't need that) now they feel like they can say their stupid things out loud because they are proudly following the lead of their President.
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FIFY

And I might assume you were implying this started in 2008?
 
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lawgator1 said:
Now, now, the reality is that a segment have been stupid for quite some time. Its just that now they feel like they can say their stupid things out loud because they are proudly following the lead of their President.
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Hands down one of the dumbest post by you.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
It should be illegal to put race, sex, sexual preference and any other kind of identifier on an application for employment. FORCING a company to hire someone based on those things is insane
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Indeed. Giving one an advantage due to race, sex, etc is no different than putting them at a disadvantage for it.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Now, now, the reality is that a segment have been stupid for quite some time. Its just that now they feel like they can say their stupid things out loud because they are proudly following the lead of their President.
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This sums up your history on this message board. Your disdain for The President has brought your foolish, partisan thoughts out into the open. Thanks Donald.
 
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LouderVol said:
how would he do that?
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He’s just rescinding the Obama administration’s guidelines on using race as a factor in college admissions.

“The guidelines, issued jointly by the Obama Justice and Education departments, laid out legal recommendations for schools looking to use race as an admissions factor to boost diversity at their schools.”
 
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