Today, Dr. Gangi another professor at Mount Saint Mary college came into our class as a guest speaker to teach about what to look for in problematic books.
Dr. Gangi has an incredible amount of passion for diversity in literary texts. She has even challenged the common core! Of the 88 books in the common core, 69 of those 88 are written by white authors. Dr. Gangi with the help of her graduate students and some undergrads helped her create a list of books with diverse authors. The wonderful thing about Dr. Gangi is that she always stresses the idea that students should always have a text to self and or mirror image book in order to identify with themselves.
Dr. Gangi has even made impacts on the minds of her students. A former student created a program called Project Mirrors and Windows . This is an electrifying project because it allows Kingston, Esopus, and Rosendale to supply their libraries with more multicultural books. Below is a link to a video for more information!
Another person who speaks strongly about multicultural books is Chimanda Ngozi Adichie. The point of her TED talk was to encourage others to go out and find their authentic cultural voice. The moving talk can be found below!
Infrographics even show that the New York Times targets the white population over any other population when suggesting book titles. This is a huge problem not only in education but in the world we live in every day!
Dr. Gangi has even made impacts on the minds of her students. A former student created a program called Project Mirrors and Windows . This is an electrifying project because it allows Kingston, Esopus, and Rosendale to supply their libraries with more multicultural books. Below is a link to a video for more information!
Another person who speaks strongly about multicultural books is Chimanda Ngozi Adichie. The point of her TED talk was to encourage others to go out and find their authentic cultural voice. The moving talk can be found below!
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