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Notes On Criticism and Censorship of Nappy Hair |
Nappy Hair Flap. Written by Michele Norris for ABCNEWS.com provides an alternative perspective on this incident.
Story Hour Didn't Have a Happy Ending: N.Y. Teacher Runs Into a Racial Divide. Written by Liz Leyden Washington Post Staff Writer, Thursday, December 3, 1998; Page A3.
`Nappy Hair' Author Defends Teacher Removed from Class. This article was published on CNN November 25, 1998.
'Nappy Hair' Teacher Gets Complaints at New School. This article is from the New York Post and includes quotes from the author of the book.
Divided by Dialect. This article in the Detroit Free Press Online, "Parents Welcome Books About Black Families, But Not Their Use of Non-Standard English," was issued on February 16, 1997.
"Why African Americans Are Splitting Hairs Over Hair" Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson. Although this article looks at the Nappy Hair controversy and the incident of seventeen-year-old Michelle Barskile in North Carolina who was turned down for her sorority's debutante ball since she wore dreadlocks it forcefully indites the publishing/haircare industry.
Nelson, Jill. "Straight, No Chaser: How I Became a Grown-Up Black Woman. Chapter One." in The New York Times Novemer 26, 1998 [This is a restricted file, password protected]
Childlit Listserv Discussion Archive Censorship Discussion Sparked by Nappy Hair. This is a portion of the email exchange on this listserv.
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