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NEG E99.7201RIN
My Heart Is on the
Ground
Ann Rinaldi
Scholastic Inc. NY, NY 1999
Pages 205
Grades: 5+
Rating:
Harmful |
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Written in the form of a diary this book tells
the tale of 12 year old Nannie Little Rose, a Sioux girl, during her life
at a Pennsylvania boarding school in 1880. The book is very popular
with young readers, do to the wonderful binding and the seemingly
authentic dairy look (and shows up on shelves of book fairs country wide);
however the subtle derogatory verbiage, self-loathing actions of Nannie
Little Rose, and the apparent "white privilege" perpetuates
stereotypes and promotes racism. The book also seems to plagiarize
an authentic Native experience written by Shirley Sterling called My
Name is Seepteeza.
Marlette
Grant-Jackson – ITEPP-CRC
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