Hey class-
This was the article I referenced in class about the whitewashing it YA novels. Pretty interesting and disturbing stuff.
-Maureen
http://www.yalsa.ala.org/thehub/2012/12/10/it-matters-if-youre-black-or-white-the-racism-of-ya-book-covers/
Wow, very disturbing indeed. The girl on the original cover of "Liar" is so far from the character of Micah. By looking at the light, straight hair and freckled skin of the white girl on the original cover, one would not expect the novel to be about a young black girl.
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