The OwnVoices Category is used to indicate "books where the protagonist and the author share a marginalized identity" per the definition from the author, Corinne Duyvis, who coined the term OwnVoices in 2015. We're committed to raising awareness for books from diverse and historically marginalized voices.
For the sake of OwnVoices, we feel it is important to acknowledge the fact that these voices as a collective have been historically underrepresented and under-promoted, especially in the book world.
We're also using the WNDB definition of Diversity:
We recognize all diverse experiences, including (but not limited to) LGBTQIA, Native, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities*, and ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities.
*We subscribe to a broad definition of disability, which includes but is not limited to physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities, chronic conditions, and mental illnesses (this may also include addiction). Furthermore, we subscribe to a social model of disability, which presents disability as created by barriers in the social environment, due to lack of equal access, stereotyping, and other forms of marginalization.
In addition to the OwnVoices Category, we also have a Multicultural Interest Category, which is meant for books that incorporate ideas, beliefs or people from many different countries and cultural backgrounds. "Multiculturalism is the view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgment of their differences within a dominant political culture." This Category doesn't specifically relate to the book's author.
For the sake of OwnVoices, we feel it is important to acknowledge the fact that these voices as a collective have been historically underrepresented and under-promoted, especially in the book world.
We're also using the WNDB definition of Diversity:
We recognize all diverse experiences, including (but not limited to) LGBTQIA, Native, people of color, gender diversity, people with disabilities*, and ethnic, cultural, and religious minorities.
*We subscribe to a broad definition of disability, which includes but is not limited to physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities, chronic conditions, and mental illnesses (this may also include addiction). Furthermore, we subscribe to a social model of disability, which presents disability as created by barriers in the social environment, due to lack of equal access, stereotyping, and other forms of marginalization.
In addition to the OwnVoices Category, we also have a Multicultural Interest Category, which is meant for books that incorporate ideas, beliefs or people from many different countries and cultural backgrounds. "Multiculturalism is the view that cultures, races, and ethnicities, particularly those of minority groups, deserve special acknowledgment of their differences within a dominant political culture." This Category doesn't specifically relate to the book's author.
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