tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post2159161937943884400..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: One library at a timeNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-79723691157358096362013-08-18T12:30:06.962-05:002013-08-18T12:30:06.962-05:00What VC and Churchlady said.What VC and Churchlady said.Tien Lenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-53089365446199549592013-08-18T11:32:42.892-05:002013-08-18T11:32:42.892-05:00On behalf of everyone involved ...'Thank you!&...On behalf of everyone involved ...'Thank you!' VCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-19799874501749852592013-08-18T10:36:27.931-05:002013-08-18T10:36:27.931-05:00Bravo to all! We have so succeeded in demonizing ...Bravo to all! We have so succeeded in demonizing especially Black youth that we fail entirely to see them as kids. If you really pay attention, much of what is perceived as delinquent behavior is not - it's hijinks just as white kids do. Sometimes it includes laughter if we'd only listen. Let adults - especially "outsiders" - swoop down and clamp down without any alternatives or respect, well, then it becomes hostile. Who wouldn't react with anger and hostility when treated, always, as a creep? <br /><br />Your solutions begin with respecting kids' humanity and giving alternatives not abuse. Thank you for reinstating clarity of vision, real solutions, and possibilities for these kids. Rather than trying to clamp down on them, you gave them the ways to fly in creative directions. That liberates the librarians, too. Humanity matters on all sides.Churchladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11189667700112500485noreply@blogger.com