For starters Happy MLK Day!! As we roll into week three I took a moment to step back and look at everything having watched the dust settle. It is interesting that our reading of Monster coincides with this particular holiday. Perhaps this is by design, but my thoughts are brought to ideas of equality and justice. We have spoke about the many effects and results of utilizing multicultural literature. Currently one has come more into my focus than the rest. Just like in every sphere of life, things like racism, injustice, and prejudice weigh in on the literature used in education. When you think of the cannon of high school literature, many of them are written by white men. Using authors that work against that stereotype helps to balance that injustice. We see things like literature as an equalizer but the amount of exposure multicultural authors gets is far behind their white counterparts. Perhaps in some small way I can help change that.
I feel the need to end this post with a completely unrelated quote, but respect must be given to one of the greatest advocates for equality in history.
"Free at last, free at last, thank god almighty we are free at last."
Martin Luther King Jr
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