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2.10.16

Larry Wilmore speaks to 11-year-old activist, Marley Dias, who has collected about 1,000 books with Black girls as main characters after she became frustrated with always “reading about White boys and dogs” in school.

Yes! I’ve loved following this story. Marley for President.

So many plots get reused to death. I agree with her so much that you need to be able to read books about people like yourself – if you can’t relate to the character, it’s so difficult to get through the book. At the same time, I love reading about people who are different than me, so it’s a win/win for having more diverse books.