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Reid, Margaret A. – 1983
As black children are portrayed too often in literature with negative images, it is understandable why they suffer from low self-esteem. In addition to being described as impoverished, black children are shown to be ugly (according to European standards), semiliterate or illiterate, poorly dressed, and malnourished. Northern settings also…
Descriptors: Black Literature, Black Stereotypes, Black Youth, Books
