Who would you want to check out of a 'Human Library'?
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Fifteen years ago a Danish nonprofit started the first “Human Library,” the Good News Network reports. At a Human Library event, volunteers give themselves a book title based on their own attributes—like Iraq War Veteran or Orphanage Boy—and visitors can “check out” the volunteers for a 30-minute conversation.
“The purpose is to challenge what we think we know about other members of our community,” the Human Library Organization Facebook page reads. “To challenge our stereotypes and prejudices in a positive framework, where difficult questions are accepted, expected and appreciated.” The project now exists in 50 countries worldwide.
This week, we’d like to ask you: Who would you want to check out of a Human Library? A witness to a particular event in history? Someone from a remote part of the globe? Someone who has achieved something spectacular? Also if you like, share what your own “book title” might be, whether or not it is related to your life in the law.
Answer in the comments.
Read the answers to last week’s question: “What’s your newest piece of technology?”
Featured answer:
Posted by Jessica JM: “Beautiful new MSI gaming laptop GT683DC (GT683DXR) with a 2nd generation Intel i7, an NVIDIA GeForce GTX-570M GPU with GDDR5 1.5GB VRAM), 32GB DDR3 RAM, with a 750GB SATA 7200 rpm and 120 GB SSD and a Dynaudio subwoofer. Yes, I’ll admit it. I’m a lawyer and a computer gamer. So there.”
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