Also, it makes it seem like African Americans are like that, but in reality they are not. This is intended to show the inauthenticity of African Americans (Brooks and McNair, 2009). Additionally, Brooks and McNair (2009) mention that there are things they found disturbing and being African American are color blindness, descriptions of obese black people. women and everything associated with the negative word Black. Due to inauthentic depictions of the African American, there are many debates about how African American children's literature should be. According to Collier (2000), African American literature is a way for children of African descent to gain insight into their identity and give them an authentic perspective. Without authentic perspectives, African American children will not know their identity if their identity is misrepresented.