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Tell the officer what you are going to do before you do it.” My son (problem-solving, self-preserving) then asked the question no kid should have to consider: “What if I just keep my license and registration on the dash?”ģ. Recently, my husband and son were discussing what to do if pulled over by law enforcement: “Put your hands on the steering wheel. You dedicate your book to “children who ask difficult questions.” What’s the hardest question you’ve ever had to answer? In terms of the written word black, I use a capital B when referring to a culture of people.Ģ. However, when a relationship is present, there is room to pose the question: “Which do you prefer?” It’s okay to ask! The person with whom you are speaking may then have the freedom to ask the opposite and equally uncomfortable question, “Which do you prefer: white, Caucasian, or a specific nationality?” We all struggle with labels. African American is the formal and universally respectful term. My rule of thumb in all social situations is to begin with the formal until given permission to do otherwise. White people get nervous choosing among “black,” “Black,” and “African American.” What advice can you give us? Black is a culture,” writes Angela Joy in Black Is a Rainbow Color, an ode to Blackness illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award winner Ekua Holmes.ġ. They choose the books we ask the questions. This interview originally appeared in the November/December 2019 Horn Book Magazine as part of the Publishers’ Previews: Picture Books, an advertising supplement that allows participating publishers a chance to each highlight a book from its current list.

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