TARGET - racial insensitivity in the Dear America series

[Beth Hastings <bhastings@STBERNARD.ORG>]

Hi!  I like Scholastic's Dear America series, but I recently stumbled on =
some info. about some of the books that gave me pause.  While I was =
doing some research on My Heart is on the Ground by Ann Rinaldi, I =
discovered the Oyate website (www.oyate.org).  Under the section called =
"Books to Avoid", I found strong reviews about My Heart... and The Girl =
Who Chased Away Sorrow by Ann Turner (Both of these books have Native =
American protagonists.).  According to the Oyate reviews, these books =
contain many historical inaccuracies and racially biased statements. =
Yikes! =20
Since discovering this info. about these particular Dear America books, =
I've been trying to find more reviews concerning historical inaccuracies =
and racial insensitivity in the series, especially concerning the books =
with African-American protagonists.  Does anyone has any info. about =
this subject?  Thanks!

Beth Hastings, K-8 Librarian
St. Bernard Academy
Nashville, TN
bhastings@stbernard.org

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