Was the Cat in the Hat Black?: The Hidden Racism of Children's Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books

by Philip Nel

Book Overview

Racism is resilient, duplicitous, and endlessly adaptable, so it is no surprise that America is again in a period of civil rights activism. A significant reason racism endures is because it is structural: it's embedded in culture and in institutions. One of the places that racism hides-and thus perhaps the best place to oppose it-is books for young people.

Was the Cat in the Hat Black? presents five serious critiques of the history and current...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190932872
• ISBN13: 9780190932879
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.2"