Why this children’s book publisher isn’t afraid of book bans
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Kokila, a 5-year-old Penguin Random House children’s book imprint, built a brand on diversity. Now it’s navigating the anti-woke backlash.
At the hearing for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Senator Ted Cruz unexpectedly pulled out a book for toddlers called Antiracist Baby, by Ibram X. Kendi. Cruz wanted to know if the Judge supported the teaching of the book in schools. “There are portions of this book that I find really quite remarkable,” Cruz said. “Do you agree with this book? That babies are racist?”