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Rooting out racism in children s books

Rooting out racism in children s books The Conversation 2 hrs ago Lindsay Pérez Huber, Associate Professor, College of Education, California State University, Long Beach © Ariel Skelley/Getty Images Children s books need better representation of people of color. Ten years ago, I sat down with my then 8-year-old daughter to read a book before bedtime. The book was sort of a modern-day “boy who cried wolf” story, only it was about a little girl named Lucy who had a bad habit of telling lies. In the story, Lucy borrowed her friend Paul’s bike and crashed it. Lucy lied to Paul, telling him “a bandit” jumped in her path and caused the crash. I saw the image and stopped reading. I was stunned. The image on the page was the racist stereotype of the “Mexican bandit” wearing a serape, sombrero and sandals.

Scholarly Sleuths Scuttle Shady Sale of Letter Sent to Hernán Cortés

A Bigger Issue Revealed by the Cortés Letter Unbeknownst to many, this letter had long been in possession of the AGN. But it suddenly showed up on the ‘for sale’ list at Swann Galleries, a prestigious  antique auction house  located in New York City. A letter from Cortés to his assistant which was sold for $32,500 in a 2019 auction. ( ) The researchers had been searching auction house websites in multiple countries, on the lookout for Cortés documents specifically. Between 2017 and 2020, several auction houses began offering documents for sale that related in some way to the famed sixteenth century conqueror of Mexico. This was suspicious, since similar documents had been scarce in years past.

RPT-INSIGHT-Mexico wants back stolen Cortés papers auctioned in U S

Mexico wants back stolen Cortés papers auctioned in U S

Mexico wants back stolen Cortés papers auctioned in U.S. Reuters 1 hr ago By Drazen Jorgic and Raúl Cortés Fernández © Reuters/ARCHIVO GENERAL DE LA NACION AGN A Hernan Cortes letter, signed El Marques , to his mines administrator Pedro de Castilleja is seen in Mexico City By Drazen Jorgic and Raúl Cortés Fernández MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - In September, a New York auction house had a rare treasure up for sale: a five-centuries-old letter revealing political intrigue involving Hernán Cortés, the famed leader of the Spanish force that colonized what is modern-day Mexico.

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