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    CNN International‏Verified account @cnni Oct 23

    Just 9% of children's books published in the US in 2017 featured African or African American characters, according to the Cooperative Children's Book Centerhttps://cnn.it/2EFSSX6 

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      2. Roya Bauman‏ @roya19 Oct 23
        Replying to @cnni

        At my local library, someone had taken the Snow White book and darkened her skin. I thought it was great.

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      3. Life‏ @livingorganism0 Oct 23
        Replying to @roya19 @cnni

        Does dolor really matter ?

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      4. Katy A.‏ @glasseseater Oct 23
        Replying to @livingorganism0 @roya19 @cnni

        Yes! Especially for children! It's very important that young children see themselves reflected in the world around them.

        3 replies 2 retweets 99 likes
      5. Life‏ @livingorganism0 Oct 23
        Replying to @glasseseater @roya19 @cnni

        That's interesting point of view. I agree

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      2. ADC KID™‏ @adc_kid Oct 23
        Replying to @cnni

        Not only do books have to feature more characters of color -African Americans, Asians, Native Americans & so on; But they also have to be written by ppl of color. We have been screaming for diverse books, however, most of them on the shelves have not been written by ppl of color.

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      3. Jesus shuttlesworth‏ @Lil_aaron24 Oct 23
        Replying to @adc_kid @cnni

        You can’t force white people to force minority’s to write books tf? If they don’t want to write books they’re not

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      4. ADC KID™‏ @adc_kid Oct 23
        Replying to @Lil_aaron24 @cnni

        It is not about forcing people of color to write books, it is about giving people of color that currently write books the opportunity to be represented in the same traditional publishing arena as their Caucasian counterparts.

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      1. Mary Grell‏ @grellmary Oct 23
        Replying to @cnni

        Shout out to @cellardoor_12 #bookstore for carrying a large number of kids books that feature poc, authored by poc and from authors outside of the u.s.

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      2. Jill Toussaint‏ @tous2005 Oct 23
        Replying to @cnni

        Idk. Why don’t you put your $ into this project n publish hundreds of Latino,Black and Asian books? Actually do something instead of being so one sided all the time.

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      3. Luis Medina  🇩🇴‏ @Kinowolf Oct 23
        Replying to @tous2005 @cnni

        Why doesn’t the news organization become a children’s book publisher? Is that the question?

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      4. Jill Toussaint‏ @tous2005 Oct 23
        Replying to @Kinowolf @cnni

        Yes. Why not? They’re in the entertainment business. Wouldn’t be much of a stretch to put out children’s books😉

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      5. Luis Medina  🇩🇴‏ @Kinowolf Oct 23
        Replying to @tous2005 @cnni

        That’s not really how this works

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      2. Nate Coles‏ @EJK1Boxing Oct 23
        Replying to @cnni

        Are African-Americans writing children’s books & they aren’t getting published?

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      3. cheryl norris sanders‏ @LeappCheryl Oct 24
        Replying to @EJK1Boxing @cnni

        Yes Absolutely! It’s very difficult to any other than small independent publishers to even look at our books. Most of us Self-pub and sell our own books. Of course, those sells aren’t tracked.

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      1. Morgan James‏ @MorganJames264 Oct 24
        Replying to @cnni

        My good friend Shannon Ellis has authored children’s books featuring African American characters ❤️🖤💚 She recently hosted a chat at @Yale’s Grace Hopper Residential College. Available on Amazon 📚 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1503345157/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_szl0Bb6P1CQK1 …pic.twitter.com/Gh8Q4B7iyM

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      2. Ajay‏ @RCI_101 Oct 23
        Replying to @cnni @MeWeFree

        What about other minorities? What percentage actually include Indigenous Americans i non-savage depictions?

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      3. trans rights are human rights‏ @buttsmcgoo Oct 23
        Replying to @RCI_101 @cnni @MeWeFree

        why is it that whenever black people talk about their poor representation every nbpoc has to be "but what about MY representation?" MAKE YOUR OWN OP ED FAM! you got hands, do it yourself. we aint everyones advocate, especially if yall wont do the same for us

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      2. Jeremy Bowditch‏ @jbowditch Oct 23
        Replying to @cnni

        @so14below 👀

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      3. Thurl Jawn‏ @so14below Oct 23
        Replying to @jbowditch @cnni

        I mean....I didn’t see a white person in a book until I was 11 until I started a mixed school. Most of the folks I know can say it was only Black books in their home, so the 9% been working HARD.

        2 replies 0 retweets 6 likes
      4. Thurl Jawn‏ @so14below Oct 23
        Replying to @so14below @jbowditch @cnni

        And honestly, if we only make up 13% of the population, 9% not bad #ToMe.

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      5. Heroes‏ @HeroPrinceLuke Oct 23
        Replying to @so14below @jbowditch @cnni

        Man, thank you so much for being logical and not looking at every unintentional thing as racism. I applaud you miss.

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      6. Thurl Jawn‏ @so14below Oct 24
        Replying to @HeroPrinceLuke @jbowditch @cnni

        Now be clear, still doesn't mean that racism doesn't exist in the publishing world. It's alive and well.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Thurl Jawn‏ @so14below Oct 24
        Replying to @so14below @HeroPrinceLuke and

        But I do want to acknowledge that there are THOUSANDS of Black books floating around...and real ones know that a large chunk of our canon is self-published. How do we know if anyone of those were counted in the study bc many are often sold in Black owned bookstores or festivals?

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      8. Thurl Jawn‏ @so14below Oct 24
        Replying to @so14below @HeroPrinceLuke and

        And like....has any Black parent in the world ever bought all 9% and was like, "DAMN, IT AINT ENOUGH BLACK BOOKS FOR OUR KIDS?" No...so....why is this even a conversation??

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