Thursday, February 13, 2020

All white world of children's books question continues with the 2019 Diversity Baseline Survey

Recently Lee and Low published their 2019 Diversity Baseline Survey results on diversity in the publishing industry. The Diversity Baseline Survey (DBS 2.0) was created by Lee & Low Books with co-authors Laura M. Jiménez, PhD, Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development and Betsy Beckert, graduate student in the Language and Literacy Department of Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.

They first created a baseline study in 2015.This study was authored by Sarah Park Dahlen, PhD, St.  Catherine University and Nicole Catlin, graduate student, St. Catherine University.


Unfortunately,even with a bigger response rate, the survey results' numbers reveal an industry, sales force, and book review staff that is overwhelmingly White, Cisgender, Straight and Non-Disabled.  The issue of the All White World of Children's Books remains.


See also 

https://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2014/05/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2014/04/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2014/03/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html
http://educationservicesnews.blogspot.com/2013/06/all-white-world-of-childrens-books.html

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