[Libs-Or] The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion issue of the OLA Quarterly is now available! Guest Editor: Elaine Hirsch

[Max Macias]

Except for the article by Heather McNeil, in which they attack indigenous
scholar Dr. Debbie Reese and other scholars who are doing anti-racist work!

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https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol25/iss2/12

In fact, I find it deeply offensive to be spoken down to by a white woman
of privilege about how to do EDI and anti-racist work 'right.'

Or maybe that article is written for white people,,,?

I'm confused.


Your article belittled Dr. Reese and others in the field who have moved
beyond begging for inclusion and also moved beyond the corpus of
traditionally white racist literature for children in the US.  This
literature does much to reproduce the racism that permeates our country.
We are in dire need of AUTHENTIC representation and AUTHENTIC critiques of
the traditionally white racist literature that we swim in and were raised
within.  The best people to do these critiques are BIPOC and people from
other oppressed groups.  Your article is an attack on these scholars.

Dr. Reese's groundbreaking work is a harbinger of what is to come.

BIPOC are constantly told how they should speak, behave, think and believe
by white people and those days are now numbered...

This article is disturbing, offensive and racist.

It is sad because there are some other really good articles in this issue.



Max Macias




On Tue, Oct 29, 2019 at 7:08 AM Max Macias <max.macias at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great work Everyone.
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> Thank you!
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> Max
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> On Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 6:23 PM Charles Wood <wuchakewu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion issue of the OLA Quarterly is now
>> available! The Guest Editor is Elaine Hirsch, Associate Director of Watzek
>> Library at Lewis & Clark College and our current OLA President. Please
>> download and read it here: https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol25/iss2/
>> This year EDI is a specific area of focus for the Oregon Library
>> Association, and there will be many opportunities for OLA members to engage
>> in related efforts and conversations. The best place to start is to read
>> this issue! See if you know someone who wrote about their EDI work! :)
>> UX note: The links in this issue may work better if the reader downloads
>> it into an Adobe DC Reader. The table of contents is clickable.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Charles Wood
>> OLA Communications
>>
>
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