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Your book is not diverse, the collection of books you have is diverse.⁣ ⁣ A book featuring characters who are Black, does not have diverse characters. A book featuring characters who are Indigenous, Black, Asian, Latinx, and/or white has diverse characters.⁣ ⁣ If you use the term “diverse books” to describe books having characters 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 white, you are centering whiteness. You are indirectly saying that white is the default or standard.⁣ ⁣ Diverse is not code for books representing all other races, ethnicities, identities, physical abilities, or beliefs except your own. It means including your own. Language matters.😊 #diversebooks 📚

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