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Herald-Tribune: Can Children’s Books Fight Racism?

  • Writer: Benay Hicks
    Benay Hicks
  • Jan 11, 2020
  • 1 min read

Can buying a book combat racism?

It can, when the characters look like the current population.

Pediatrician Jacqueline Dongé agrees.

She’s among the authors of a recent American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) report that explicitly names racism as a health determinant that has a “profound impact on the health status of children.” Read more>>

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