Poll: Picture Books with Same-Sex Parents

June 14, 2010 – 11:45 am

We’re all about diversity here at Lee & Low, and we know that diversity means more than just race. It’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month, and we’re wondering what our readers would think about picture books portraying the growing number of families led by same-sex parents—would you buy or review picture books featuring [...]

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This Week in Diversity: Arizona, the Supreme Court, and Crayons

May 14, 2010 – 3:29 pm

Before we launch into this week’s roundup of race and diversity links, I’d like to make a plea: help your local library. Many around the country are facing massive budget cuts, so let your elected officials know that your library is important. New Yorkers, NYPL has a handy form to help you contact your City [...]

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Video Thursday: Race in Adoption

April 15, 2010 – 12:18 pm

Adoption always raises complicated issues, not least because there are so many factors that vary between one adoption and another—the kids, their situation, the field of potential parents, their situations, medical issues, race, community. There are no easy answers, but the issues without easy answers are some of the ones it’s most important to keep [...]

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This Week in Diversity: A Miscellany

November 13, 2009 – 4:10 pm

Friday afternoon: time to read up on diversity around the web! This week we have a rather miscellaneous batch of links for you, so dig in. Ah, Hollywood, will you never stop provoking discussion on race in casting? Not this week, certainly. Racialicious looks at the Screen Actor’s Guild’s annual diversity research and explains why [...]

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