![]() ![]() She regaled her class with the story of a little black girl with "the nappiest, fuzziest, the most screwed up, squeezed up, knotted hair." She said they loved it so much that "they clamored for copies to carry with them." An eager new teacher, she made some. Sherman chose the story because she thought it would change her students' lives. ![]() By Monday, after a week at the center of a small but loud, community uproar, Sherman requested a transfer, saying she feared for her safety.Īlthough she did not know it at the time, Sherman's troubles began right away in September with "Nappy Hair," a book written by an author born in the District. ![]() ![]() In just three months at the school, Sherman did make a difference, but not the one she planned. I was going to turn things around, really make a difference." I chose that school because I wanted the neighborhood. "When I first told them, people said to me: 'Bushwick? Oh my God, why Bushwick?' " Sherman, 27, recalled in an interview today. 75 was not far but it took her a world away. She taught third grade in Bushwick, a gritty black and Hispanic neighborhood in Brooklyn notorious for drugs and graffiti. 2 Ruth Sherman lives in Inwood, a traditionally Italian town in suburban Long Island filled with middle-class families. Author Carolivia Herron's page at California State University, ChicoĬarolivia Herron, author of "Nappy Hair," says Ruth Sherman's students are exactly for whom she intended her book.Three therapists review one of Carolivia Herron's earlier books, " An Instance of Holocaust.". ![]()
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