Wilder filled her account of frontier life in the American Midwest — based on her family's own experiences — with vivid scenarios and evocative characters, which is the main reason for the decades of appeal that her novels have had on young readers. Those books are full of details, some of which reflect a much different era in regard to women and minorities. But Wilder's works aren't meant as a manual for interpersonal relations; rather, they're a reflection of a portion of our nation's history, warts and all.
Unfortunately for the modern left, Wilder's books aren't sufficiently politically correct. So, like many other public figures before her, she is a pariah for reflecting the views of a particular time frame, rather than ignoring or sanitizing them. As a result, the American Library Association is removing the name of Laura Ingalls Wilder from an award that their children's division, the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), gives out because of the books' depictions of Native Americans and African Americans.
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