scholastic ended up issuing an apology publicly. scholastic leadership acknowledged the approach was wrong. quote, we don't want to diminish racism that tragically persists against asian americans. lastic offered to license tokuda-hall's book unaltered, but she turned it down, making that announcement yesterday. with us tonight is maggie tokuda-hall. we should mention the daughter of former bay area newscaster wendy tokuda. you could have made a lot of money partnering with scholastic. they said they would not alter the book. why did you turn them down? >> so for me, i really felt like i was a stand-in for a lot of marginalized authors in this moment and i didn't want to simply accept an apology if it didn't come with any concrete changes. so in the week that followed my going public with what had happened, i had a meeting with the ceo of scholastic, peter warwick as well as the president of the education wing. in that meeting, i did not feel heartened that there were going to be concrete process changes made that would make sure th

however, scholastic had a condition for the author.move the word "racism" from her authors note and asked her to delete the sentence that contextualized her grand parent's experience as deeply quote part of american tradition of racism. even after scholastic apologized publicly they said you could use your original authors note unchanged, but you >> that's correct. thank you for having me today. it is correct. i did still say no. so after i went public with this i had a meeting with scholastic and in it i had three concerns, which was i wanted an honest and transparent recounting of what had happened because i was told that what had happened to me was against their own company policy. i wanted to know how they were going to make sure this didn't happen to other marginalized authors going forward. because i did understand i was also standing as a proxy for a lot of other authors in this moment. and lastly and most importantly i wanted to know how they were going to be -- how they planned to combat the culture of book banning since they

scholastic. scholastic newcastle sanga kibo go.anslated from french by mark pulitzer t archipelago books. more. monaco ojeda jawbone translated from the spanish by by sarah booker coffee house press. samanta schweblin. seven empty houses translated from the spanish by megan mcdowell. riverhead books. penguin random house and yokota wada scattered all over the earth. translated from the japanese by margaret mix of tiny new directions publishing this year's national book award for translated literature goes to samanta schweblin for seven empty houses. thank. you spanish. now. a thank you. i'm so honored. i'm mostly a shortstop or a writer, so i'm going to be very short. i was thinking today that there are so many moments in life when words can be very tricky and and even harmful and need to be very careful about this but then someone you from back home and says even if you have dress up tonight make sure you get cold. keep warm. be happy enjoy it. and then words become a gift and a privilege. so i am here. i am where i am. and am pri

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it is a young adult book published by scholastic. it will trigger a conversation because sex trafficking is happening to children. in schools across america, a report says mental health is a big issue. the root causes are bullying, sexual abuse, food insecurity. this book might be a message in the bottle, but it is also passing the baton to another generation. i am back again to do so. i am thrilled. i want to end, by thinking hilary clinton for her leadership, walking the talk every step of the way and being there again and again. [applause] zanhle: i want to bring you in here, didn't i tell you, this is a powerhouse panel? your approach in disruption has its roots in restoration and recovery, specifically in guatemala, after a civil war, you saw an urgent need for repair and income generation in remote areas. talk to us about how you center infrastructure in your work. >> i also want to acknowledge secretary clinton, we are so proud of you, women all over the world. you are an inspiration. [applause] i came here in 2005, and i came

scholastic has since apologized for that.t across the country. >> terrifying. >> to david's point earlier, ron desantis is the architect of the thinning about african-american contributions to america and to our history. and what is scary is that ron desantis knows where the power within the bureaucraies lie. and in working with publishers and the college board, i won't say that anti-woke, but kotdity guying white supremacy in every level of government, in areas of the bureaucracy take we may not even know exists. but he is familiar with that. and that is what is so frightening. >> and that is where the structural damage will be done. because it used to be one election away from a terrible leader. but now an election of a democrat and democratic legislature and filling the agencies with enough people who can turn it around and make the textbooks accurately. >> and it is generational. the textbook companies have a tremendous amount of power. we know that the college board has a tremendous amount of power. and when those instit

people girl by scholastic mocha sonya by mark pulitzer from published by archipelago books.linea negra an essay on pregnancy and earthquakes by yasmina pereira translated christina mcsweeney from spanish published by two lines press. the books of jacob by olga tokarczuk translated by jennifer croft polish published by riverhead books books. when sing mountains dance by irina sola translated by marta faye lethem from the catalan published by gray wolf press. and finally, you can be the last leaf by maya abu al-hayat, translated by fadi juda from arabic, published by milkweed editions. in the first burials, book and translation prize goes to gray bees by andrei kirchhoff, translated by boris driver from the original russian and published by gk. now i know that boris is here with us tonight and i am wondering if there is some representative who might want to come and accept the award? no. okay. so let me just read our citation. our beloved teacher american wrote ukrainian author andrei scribes translated from russian into english by warsaw. our look is a subtle, captivating nov

have to break the silence around issues we don't talk to them about what the book published by scholastic and the conversation which we need to have because trafficking is having two children but also across america, cdc has a report that says mental health is a big issue and causes body shaming, sexual abuse, food insecurity, homelessness and the same things i talk about so the book might be a message to be passed on to the next generation and i'm back again with my voice is in the same group of people to do so. i want to end by thanking the clinton just talking about walking every step of the way and being there again and again so thank you. [applause] >> i want to bring you in, didn't i tell you the powerhouse panel? >> i know your approach, how is restoration and recovery a decades long civil war, he saw urgent need for repair and income generation especially in remote areas so talk to us about how you center infrastructure century girls and women. >> i want to acknowledge secretary clinton, women all over the world, you are an inspiration. >> the first woman who came, i came here in