Article: Opinions on Current Reading: Awakening From Dick and Jane's American Dream

Opinions on Current Reading: Awakening From Dick and Jane's American. Dream

Growing Up With Dick and Jane: Learning and Living the American Dream

by Carole Kismaric and Marvin Heiferman

(San Francisco: Collins Publishers, 111 pages, $19.95)

In the last revision of the Dick and Jane books in 1965, a black family had moved onto Dick and Jane's block. The African-American dad went off to work each morning wearing a conservative suit and carrying a briefcase. The African-American room stayed home to do the housework and shopping. She always wore a pretty dress and high heels. The black children -- the older boy, Mike, and the cute twins, Pam and Penny -- quickly became friends of Dick and Jane. ...

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