Herron’s speech is in conjunction with Banned Books Week, said Pat Miller, coordinator of the lectures program. “Nappy Hair” is now required reading for grades three through five at Public School 75. “The teacher was trying to read the book as a celebration of their ethnicity.” “They felt that she was teaching the kids something racist, but many of them had not read the book,” said Rita Marinko, associate professor at Parks Library. “Nappy Hair” drew national attention last year when a first-year teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., came under fire for reading the book to her class of African-American and Hispanic third-graders.Īccording to a copyrighted article by The Associated Press, Ruth Sherman, 27, transferred from Public School 75 in Bushwick, Brooklyn, after being threatened by parents who said the book was insensitive. Or so says Carolivia Herron, author of the controversial children’s book “Nappy Hair.” Herron will be speaking about her book tonight at 8 in the Sun Room of Memorial Union. “One nap of her hair is the only perfect circle in nature.”
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