"We need a whole bunch of books about people of color, kids on the spectrum, etc. It's strange that we have a population of school children that is majority nonwhite but their books are majority white."

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Source : Source: www.teachingbooks.net

Kekla Magoon

#Children Quotes #Book Quotes #School Quotes

“Pedigree matters: if you break your shoulder trying to open a door, it's much harder to play the game once you get in the room.”
“The spectacles of experience; through them you will see clearly a second time.”
“What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.”

Source : "Tribeca Film Festival Interview: John and James Cromwell of A .45 at 50th". Interview with Cynthia Ellis, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 4, 2010.
“Football's another sport I absolutely despise. Along with baseball. Really, for me, basketball's the only real sport, the only one that matters.”

Source : Source: slushpile.net
“I dont see myself only as a Somali character. I think of myself as an actor, and if the job fits me and I like the story, I will go for it.”
“Nothing stands still, except in our memory.”

Source : Philippa Pearce (2015). “Tom's Midnight Garden”, p.159, Oxford University Press - Children
“Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.”
“I could easily not be the person that people know.”

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