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owlectomyI have not had anything to post for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ibarw but that does not mean I am not reading, and thinking, and getting outraged when appropriate--or simply annoyed.
Today I was making a flyer for the book clubs I'm going to start at the library this fall, so I searched the stock photography sites to see if I could find a photo of some cute munchkins reading. Who would ideally be munchkins of color, because that reflects the demographics of the library, and I do not want to send the message that reading is for white kids only.
Who wants to guess how many I found?
Zero.
Mind you, I didn't search all the way through the pay stock photo sites, but I searched at least a couple hundred pictures. And I found more pictures of dogs reading books than people of color reading books.
ibarw but that does not mean I am not reading, and thinking, and getting outraged when appropriate--or simply annoyed.Today I was making a flyer for the book clubs I'm going to start at the library this fall, so I searched the stock photography sites to see if I could find a photo of some cute munchkins reading. Who would ideally be munchkins of color, because that reflects the demographics of the library, and I do not want to send the message that reading is for white kids only.
Who wants to guess how many I found?
Zero.
Mind you, I didn't search all the way through the pay stock photo sites, but I searched at least a couple hundred pictures. And I found more pictures of dogs reading books than people of color reading books.