Jess’s Comments (group member since Jun 21, 2014)

Jess’s comments from the YA Bloggers celebrating diverse books group.

Eleanor and Park has somewhat of a problematic representation of its Asian American make lead... A good place to start understanding why:
http://richincolor.com/2014/03/is-ele...
And
http://cielrouge.tumblr.com/post/7882...
So for future reference: not every book with a diverse cast of characters will be will have an accurate or fair representation of its diverse characters. BUT, it's also fair to note that reading a problematic book is okay as long as you are aware of why it's problematic and are able to read it critically.