Children’s author Mac Barnett issued a formal apology after sparking intense backlash for claiming that 94.7% of children’s literature is “crud”.
Critics noted that this belief is often used as a dog whistle against books by BIPOC, queer, and trans authors who are sharing necessary lived experiences. A letter signed by hundreds of authors demanded that the Library of Congress and Every Child a Reader address the harm caused by his official.
I don’t know what will finally teach people to stop apologizing to the mobs of ego-driven fools but this guy is right. Most children’s books published today are garbage. And that’s not surprising, given that they are often written by people who use expressions like “necessary lived experiences” and say that somebody’s opinion “causes harm” to them. These are illiterate, stupid people who sell their bouts of pouting because they have nothing else to offer.
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