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The @CCBCwisc has released the results of their 2019 survey on diversity in children's books: http://ow.ly/IaRJ50AiAvx
We thank them for this invaluable work, note their commitment to adding Arab/Arab Americans in future surveys, and present these graphs of their findings:
We thank them for this invaluable work, note their commitment to adding Arab/Arab Americans in future surveys, and present these graphs of their findings:
The 3,716 books surveyed have this many main characters total for the following groups:
Black/African: 11.9%
First/Native Nations: 1%
Asian/Asian American: 8.7%
Latinx: 5.3%
Pacific Islander: 0.05%
White: 41.8%
Animal/Other: 29.2%
LGBTQIAP+: 3.1%
Disability: 3.4%
Black/African: 11.9%
First/Native Nations: 1%
Asian/Asian American: 8.7%
Latinx: 5.3%
Pacific Islander: 0.05%
White: 41.8%
Animal/Other: 29.2%
LGBTQIAP+: 3.1%
Disability: 3.4%
"Taken together, books about white children, talking bears, trucks, monsters, potatoes, etc. represent nearly three quarters (71%) of children's and young adult books published in 2019." - @madctyner
When we looked at IPOC creatives who wrote and/or illustrated stories with characters of their own race, we found:
First/Native Nations: 68.2%
Pacific Islander: 80%
Latinx: 95.7%
Asian/Asian American: 100%*
*NOTE: This is not fully reflective of #OwnVoices (see below).
First/Native Nations: 68.2%
Pacific Islander: 80%
Latinx: 95.7%
Asian/Asian American: 100%*
*NOTE: This is not fully reflective of #OwnVoices (see below).
Black/African creatives wrote and/or illustrated only 46.4% of stories featuring Black/African characters.
This is the work that still needs to be done.
