Eliza SorensenJan 2, 2023

This was a good write up on the increasing push to censor books in the US from the librarians trying to push back:

https://www.codastory.com/rewriting-history/war-on-librarians-united-states/

'Jones, who is also the president of the Louisiana Association of School Librarians, decided to weigh in.

“No one on the right side of history has ever been on the side of censorship and hiding books,” she told the board. “Once you start relocating and banning one topic, it becomes a slippery slope."'

America’s culture warriors are going after librarians

Librarians across the country are under threat as efforts to ban books about marginalized groups reach a fever pitch.

Coda Story
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Really interesting data linked in that article from:
https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/

From the 1,648 unique titles, 41% explicitly address LGBTQ+ themes or have protagonists or prominent secondary characters who are LGBTQ+ and 40% contain protagonists or prominent secondary characters of color.

Banned in the USA

PEN America's report on school book bans offers the most comprehensive look at banned books in the 2021–22 school year, with counting more than 2,500 bans.

PEN America
Jan 2, 2023 at 10:35pmWeb