Why We Need Diverse Books

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In the world, there are seemingly endless fiction books and stories and writings to read, new content coming out constantly. However, no matter how much new content comes out, there are many people who read these tales and can’t find a single character they can relate to; a character that looks and thinks like them. This is precisely why the diversity that is seen in the world needs to be seen in the books we read. Authors need to start writing with diverse characters, making it so everybody can have a favorite character that they can truly relate to. To begin, there are approximately 7.4 billion people on earth. With 7.4 billion people, there’s bound to be an abundance of diversity, as there are so many things that can make one person different from another, whether it be race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities, disorders, or any other characteristic that can differentiate …show more content…

A new organization called ‘We Need Diverse Books’ that is spreading awareness of the little diversity in books. There are endless people who support this movement and are posting pictures online using the hashtag ‘#WeNeedDiverseBooks’. Some examples of these hashtags are “We Need Diverse Books because good stories come in all colors,” “We need diverse books so my child can learn minorities are more than stereotypes,” “We need diverse books because there’s life after coming out,” “We need diverse books to help bring more empathy and compassion into the world,” and “We need diverse books because my shelves are too white, but my world isn't.” Popular author John Green has even taken notice of this, posting “We need diverse books because they help us imagine others, and ourselves, more complexly.” In addition to these, there are endless more posts, and if that many people feel it’s important to create diversity, then it is obviously

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