Jason Reynolds' poetic ode to young dreamers

Jason Reynolds’ ode to dreamers is a must-read for America’s students. (via The ReidOut Blog)

We set out to defy conservative bigotry and narrow-mindedness. Doing this meant not only reading the authors they discourage reading, butwith more depth and empathy than right-wing book-banners have been willing to offer.

Each of these authors has laid out a more worthy vision of what the United States ought to be than anyone in today's Republican Party. And in today’s political climate, looking at these authors holistically is an act of revolution. Many Republicans would much rather we, as readers, cherrypick the authors’ most provocative lines and infer the worst things imaginable about them. And I think the past month of coverage has shown why.

Far from the anti-American hell-raisers conservatives make them out to be, each of these authors has laid out a more worthy vision of what the United States ought to be than anyone in today's Republican Party. The authors all speak and write of antiracism not as an end goal, per se, but as a step toward a more fulfilling life for the victimsperpetrators of racism. And fervent attempts to hide their work suggests this revelation is dangerous to aBut they won’t win.

That is, the award-winning author Jason Reynolds, whose works have been targeted with right-wing book bans. (One of them, “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You,” is co-written by Ibram X. Kendi, who was also

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