Racism in the Dewey Decimal System

<p>When books about President Barack Obama arrived at the Bard High School&comma; Early College library in Queens&comma; New York&comma; they were coded as 300 &lpar;Social Science&rpar; instead of 900 &lpar;History&rpar;&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Librarian <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;HindsJess” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>Jess deCourcy Hinds<&sol;a> raised what she thought was an obvious question&colon; Why isn&&num;8217&semi;t the President of the United States listed… Continue reading Racism in the Dewey Decimal System

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