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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why would you need to find a character who looks like you in a book? It’s not TV…[/quote]

Rudine Sims can help you out with understanding how it might be helpful to "see" yourself in a book (and why it can be helpful to "see" people who are different from you, too): 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AAu58SNSyc&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wgvu.org%2F&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ&feature=emb_imp_woyt[/quote]

But that’s one of the joys of books!  You can “see” yourself in anyone!  (Why do you think there was controversy about the casting of Rue in the Hunger Games movies?  Because lots of white readers just assumed she was white… it’s a totally natural response people of any race have…)

It’s also why so many books have male protagonists, even when authored by women (ahem! Harry Potter). Girls have been conditioned to be able to “see themselves” even in boy characters, and boys typically can’t do the reverse.

Ultimately this is a superficial concern.[/quote]

Not to get all ivory tower on you (no pun intended) but you just don't know what you don't know. This is 100% not a superficial concern. This is like...an actual thing. But carry on. Ignorance is bliss, I suppose.[/quote]

“This is like . . . “ not an actual thing.  :roll:

Hope you are not still paying off student loans; you did not receive a quality education.

It is a superficial concern.[/quote]

I did. And I'm teaching your children. [/quote]

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