1. Fostering Racial Literacy with Children's Literature.
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Enriquez, Grace and Price-Dennis, Detra
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CHILDREN'S literature , *LITERACY , *SOCIAL emotional learning , *CRITICAL literacy , *HUMAN ecology education - Abstract
The article discusses the importance of fostering racial literacy in children through the use of children's literature, emphasizing its role in helping young readers develop critical thinking about power, equity, and justice. Topics covered in the article include the definition of racial literacy, its components and tenets, and the significance of using books to facilitate racial literacy development in the face of political challenges and censorship.
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- 2023
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