tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422332823670506235.post5973804927832205792..comments2023-12-13T23:34:11.401-08:00Comments on CCBlogC: Thinking About...Visibility as Cultural Diversity: A ContinuumK T Horninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04505891463218329510noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6422332823670506235.post-34212478230989266372015-04-30T12:21:19.530-07:002015-04-30T12:21:19.530-07:00Great post, Megan! Two things come to mind immedia...Great post, Megan! Two things come to mind immediately as I read this (or actually look at the accompanying book jackets):<br /><br />1) How powerful is Floyd Cooper's close-up image of an African-American boy on the jacket of A Beach Tail. There aren't many books out there like this, and we can never take them for granted. <br /><br />2) How significant it is that the cover of Varian Johnson's The Great Greene Heist has the African-American teenage boy out in front. So many of the jackets these days showing a group of diverse kids have a white kid out front and the character(s) of color in the background, as window dressing. <br /><br />So I suppose it ultimately depends on the eye of the beholder when it comes to the importance of visibility. For some, it might not seem like such a big deal. For others, it might seem like an oasis in a vast white desert. It reminds me of the line from Rita William's Garcia's novel, One Crazy Summer, when the sisters keep a count of the number of words spoken by Black people on TV back in 1968, and they give the usually silent Ivan Dixon on Hogan's Heroes a point "just for being there."<br /><br />Just being there is still important. <br />K T Horninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505891463218329510noreply@blogger.com