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Anon-C

(3,438 posts) Tue Feb 5, 2019, 11:06 PM Feb 2019

I need to get some links off my chest and offer it up.

I am so angry I cannot breath!

https://aprilhathcock.wordpress.com

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/02/01/american-library-association-criticized-response-racism-complaint

https://www.pragmaticmom.com/2019/02/racism-and-white-fragility-at-alamw19/

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I need to get some links off my chest and offer it up. (Original Post) Anon-C Feb 2019 OP

thanks for sharing. I had no idea. The pie chart is startling. MLAA Feb 2019 #1

What really pisses me off... spicysista Feb 2019 #2

MLAA

(18,591 posts)

1. thanks for sharing. I had no idea. The pie chart is startling.

Reply to Anon-C (Original post)

Tue Feb 5, 2019, 11:19 PM

Feb 2019

The way Ms Hathcock was treated is shameful. Librarians can have such an impact on what children read and think of reading. 40 years of empty words on diversity and inclusion to end up with that pie chart.

spicysista

(1,731 posts)

2. What really pisses me off...

Reply to Anon-C (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2019, 10:41 PM

Feb 2019

What really pisses me off is the fact that no one said anything! No one? Again, just like Dr. King said....it's the silence of "good folks" that disappoint me, most.
These statistics are horrible. Reason #25549 supporting the need for diversity in the workplace....librarians are racist, too. Smh.

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