We Read Too
When you read a book, the author brings you into their world and transports you to another place. Well, one college student, who easily read three to four books a week, found solace in the words but couldn’t find herself. Noticing a lack of diversity, Kaya Thomas decided to change that by creating her app “We Read Too.” The app is a mobile directory of books with people of color main characters written by authors of color.
”When young people don’t see themselves represented positively in books, TV, movies and other forms of media, that erasure really harms self-image and how you perceive yourself as you grow up,” says Kaya.
Here’s what we’re doing today:
Help Kaya reach her Indiegogo campaign stretch goal so she can hire someone to review the books users suggest and grow the database to include 1,000 titles, create an Android version of We Read Too and initiate a UI redesign, and create a website version of her directory.
Sample Tweets:
Support @kthomas901’s @wereadtooapp, a directory for books featuring people of color: wawf.org/2oNJasI #our100days
Diversity is important in books too. Read about this directory for books featuring people of color: wawf.org/2oNJasI #our100days