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An Open Letter to Bloomsbury Kids USA. Other Publishing Houses Take Note
"To Whom it May Concern,Hello. My name is Ari and here at my blog I review YA books about people of color. Right when I was starting up my blog, controversy over your US Liar cover broke out. Allow me to jog your memory, since you've made the exact same mistake. Liar is about Micah a "nappy-headed", tomboy, African American girl. Your original cover had a white girl on it. After many bloggers protested, including the author herself you changed the US cover to the image of an African American girl, she even looks bi-racial, like Micah. Now I don't want this to be a history lesson, but I ask you, why have you made the exact same mistake? I'm talking about Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore. The main character, Nimira is described as "dark-skinned." The model on the book is definitely not dark-skinned."
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7 comments:
Thank you for posting this :) I hope people see it and are inspired to email and blog about it.
Cheers to Ari and thanks for sharing. I just can't believe they did this yet again thinking no one would notice maybe?
Let's see what happens...
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