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Author Wants New Book to Allow Young People to Be ‘Finally Seen'

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Meet the children’s author who wants her new book to start conversations.

How should race be taught in classrooms?

There has been a lot of talk about book bans and for one Asian American children's author who had her book banned, she used that experience to write her latest novel.

Kelly Yang, a UC Berkeley graduate, wants her book to start conversations and for young people to be "finally seen."

Watch more in the video above.

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