Sunday, February 27, 2011

Challenged Books

Black like Kyra, White like Me by Judith Vigna (1992)




2000: A patron of the Toronto Public Library complained about this children’s picture book about a black family moving into an all-white neighbourhood and encountering racial prejudice.



Cause of objection: The complainant said the story “reinforces negative stereotypes about blacks and positive types about whites.”

Update: The book was retained in the library’s collection.

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