Though 85% of the city's public school students are Latino, black, and Asian, 'the authors of books in commonly-used elementary school curricula are 84 percent white,' study finds.
Though 85 percent of the city's public school students are Latino, black and Asian, "the authors of books in commonly-used elementary school curricula are 84 percent white."
“In my mind, it wasn’t impossible for me to have superpowers, but I didn’t think I could be the Human Torch because of the way I looked,” he said. “There was no place for me in comic books, so I couldn’t dress up like a comic book character.” “Books can shape how children view themselves, others and the world and how they will form self-identity,” Capers said. “When children are not seeing themselves represented by curriculum, it sends them a message.”
Capers stressed that strengthening the curriculum to reflect the nation's diverse history goes beyond adding more books about or by authors of color. Both Capers as well as Torres remembered learning about the same cultural figures each year while missing out on other influential people, especially thinkers, writers and activists who have helped shape more contemporary history.
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