Texas teacher fired for showing Anne Frank graphic novel to eighth-graders
> Move comes as education laws restricting teaching of race, sexuality and other topics are being implemented across the US
#bookbansareunconstitutional #BookBans #letamericaread
This is absolutely ridiculous. No book bans should be in place but that this is even being considered is beyond the pale.
#florida #BookBans #letamericaread
Arthur children’s book faces potential Florida ban over claim it ‘damaged souls’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/28/arthurs-birthday-childrens-book-ban-florida
> School district member files challenge to Arthur’s Birthday, 1989 book by Marc Brown, which is among 45 titles pending review
#letamericaread #BookBans #library
The Banned Book Club is an e-reader app that can get you over the firewall.
https://lithub.com/the-banned-books-club-is-an-e-reader-app-that-can-get-you-over-the-firewall/
> To get from one side of the U.S. to the other is to criss-cross a veritable snakes and ladders of state and county-level legislation and policy. If you’re after a particular title by Toni Mor…
Good luck! #letamericaread
Penguin Random House and Florida parents sue school district over book bans
Penguin Random House and Florida parents sue school district over book bans https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/penguin-random-house-florida-parents-sue-school-district-book-bans-rcna84706
>The publishing house, five of its authors, parents and an advocacy group allege that removing the books discussing race and LGBTQ people violates the First Amendment.
Penguin Random House, authors, parents and a free speech group filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a Florida school district for removing 10 books related to race and the LGBTQ community after a high school teacher complained.
Brilliant News👍
Illinois To Become First State to Ban Book Bans
Illinois To Become First State to Ban Book Bans https://artifact.news/s/w25U_RehCAA=
>The Illinois Senate has passed HB 2789, a bill whose terms dictate that state funding from libraries that remove books will be withheld.
60K likes, 841 comments - Neil Gaiman (@neilhimself) on Instagram: "We are entering a new world of aggressive attempts to remove books from library and school booksh..."
If Jody Picoult or Margaret Atwood or Toni Morrison wrote scenes in which two daughters, on separate nights, got their dad drunk in order to sleep with him and become pregnant by him, Moms for Liberty would certainly seek to have those books banned from schools. Why should the Bible be any different?
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