What is a Living Book?
Most likely a majority of readers will find that Living Books are people just like you and me. But for different reasons they are subjected to stereotyping and prejudices. They are open about, who they are and prepared to share their experiences. That would be a short description of something that is exactly that and so much more. A Living Book is a person, that has chosen to be a public representative of a certain group. An example of how people can be, if only minds are open long enough to find out, who and what they really are. But before anything else, they are couragous people that stand by their convictions and are willing to discuss their values with others. As in books are most, they are wise.
One of the great features of the Human Library and taking out a book, is that there are no such thing as stupid questions. Books have been prepared and made themselves available, in order for you to be able to dig deep and find out what you always wanted to know about the book title. So if you're already aware, that you have stereotypes or flat out prejudices about a certain group in the community, try and go for that one. Otherwise the Living Librarians are at hand to guide you through the proces of identifying your own "worst" stereotypes. For many of the books living with the stigma or label, has been a big part of their life. They are familiar with the topic they
represent, so if you take out a Gay title, you must expect the book to be gay. And so on and so forth. This is an opportunity to borrow another person for a given time, and ask them what you want to know.
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