{"id":31720,"date":"2012-12-11T18:46:38","date_gmt":"2012-12-12T01:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/11\/colorless-covers-of-ya-books.html"},"modified":"2012-12-11T18:46:38","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T01:46:38","slug":"colorless-covers-of-ya-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/11\/colorless-covers-of-ya-books.html","title":{"rendered":"Colorless covers of YA books"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting examination of how Young Adult books with white protagonists tend to have &#8230; white protagonists on the cover. \u00a0Whereas YA books with non-white protagonists tend to have silhouettes &#8230; backlit or obscured faces &#8230; or white protagonists on the cover.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images3-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/whitewash-darkness-rising.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/2012\/12\/10\/it-matters-if-youre-black-or-white-the-racism-of-ya-book-covers\/'>It Matters If You\u2019re Black or White: The Racism of YA Book Covers | The Hub<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMost of the time, I love young adult literature and am proud to be a YA librarian. But there&#8217;s usually a moment once a month when I feel sick, tired, and embarrassed to be working with YA books for a &#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/NaByVkzxfe1' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting examination of how Young Adult books with white protagonists tend to have &#8230; white protagonists on the cover. \u00a0Whereas YA books with non-white protagonists tend to have silhouettes &#8230; backlit or obscured faces &#8230; or white protagonists on the cover. 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