Since becoming aware of the need to be inclusive, I've tried to make my stories broader and more representative of our world.
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I think we need to tell stories that reflect our world.
We can be more inclusive.
My stories deal with multicultural situations as well as multigenerational settings.
There are lots of stories about my culture that I think bring a whole other perspective to who we are and where we have been and how we got here that I think need to be done.
I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.
We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
In a television interview, I said that diversity in our children's books should include the adventures of disabled children, travellers and gipsies, LGBT teens, different cultures, classes, colours, religions. It shouldn't be a token gesture, nor do such stories need to be 'issue-based'.
Ideally, I'd like every issue to include a diverse group of stories that meet the qualifications sketched above, but covering a wide range of specific matter and flavour.
Generations of heroic Americans have made America more inclusive, more expansive, and more just.
My story is the story of thousands of children from around the world. I hope it inspires others to stand up for their rights.
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