There Is a Tribe of Kids: The Current Debate
This year, in 2016, a conversation has sprung up around the picture book There Is a Tribe of Kids by Lane Smith. The discussion has occurred primarily on blogs and listservs with the occasional mention on Twitter. I would like to summarize the points here and explain what’s going on, since, unlike A Fine Dessert and A Birthday Cake for George Washington, I suspect this debate may likely remain within the children’s literature sphere and not branch out into the larger media. That means that of...
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Jul 19, 2016 08:57AM
I worry about people creating debates preemptively sometimes. I'm guessing that no representative from an Amazonian people group has spoken up yet to declare his or her offense of the book on behalf of their people. Until that happens, I think folks need to chill. And don't get me wrong, I'm not all "we're too politically correct, blah blah," I just think our good intentions around these things get out of balance at times.
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