Awards for Diverse Literature

Last week in class we discussed different types of awards given to diverse literature. It was an interesting topic for me because I was not aware of most of these awards given to diverse literature. The group that I was in researched the Lambda Literacy Foundation Award. This award is given to LGBT literature. I had never heard about this award before so it was interesting to research and become more knowledgeable about this type of award.
Both of the articles that we discussed raised many important points. I feel that all books should be considered for an award. I don't think it should matter if the book deals with diverse literature or not. Pinkney talked about in his article that books should be honored for their diverse literature because it lets people become more aware of diverse literature and that they are being honored for their work as well. I think it is also important for the certain minority group to be recognized in literature. It has to be such a good feeling for them to know that their minority group is receiving an award for their literature.
However I can understand where Aronson is coming from with his viewpoints. But I think that it is better for these books to be awarded because it shows support for the minority group and to let other people be more aware of such minority groups. It also shows children that there are books winning these awards that come from different minority groups and they should be aware of such literature.