kottke.orgJan 23, 2023
The increased oversight by conservative extremists of what books librarians can order for school libraries (i.e. cracking down on materials about gender, sexuality, race, and racism) is genuine Nazi behavior. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/01/22/students-want-new-books-thanks-restrictions-librarians-cant-buy-them/
Students want new books. Thanks to restrictions, librarians can’t buy them.

Conversations with 37 school librarians across 21 states suggest a thicket of red tape is impairing their ability to buy books.

The Washington Post
Show threadMarkus Saers
@kottke If anyone was looking for a good illustration of what “Tyranny of the Majority” looks like in practice, this is pretty spot on.
Jan 24, 2023 at 4:53amWeb