Debra Darvick's Writings
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Jan.21.2010
Torah at the Center
Who knew writing a children’s picture book celebrating Jewish diversity would expose prejudice, enmesh me in debate, and provoke a discussion about what gay people look like?
I wrote I love Jewish faceswith two goals: validation and consciousness-raising. I wanted Jewish children of color to see themselves in the pages of their Jewish books. I wanted African...
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About Debra
Debra Darvick’s loves:
•Speaking French, the language of her birthplace.
•The impervious rusty color of Georgia red clay; the white lace of dogwood blossoms against a blue spring sky; drifts of pink azalea; all of which surrounded her in her youth.
•Having...
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