A HS student to their TX school board, which is banning books:

“I’m not going to sit here and talk about the slippery slope that book banning leads to because I learned from a book, that I checked out from my school’s library, that I don’t need to resort to logical fallacy to make a point. I’m simply going to say that no government – and public school is an extension of government – has ever banned books, and banned information from its public, and been remembered in history as the good guys.”

A Children’s Biography About Michelle Obama Among The Books Texas Parents Want To Ban

White, conservative backlash is being propped up by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who is calling for criminal charges against school staff for providing children with certain books.

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@bodhipaksa abbott's america still has slaves

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...*all* of America still has slaves.

The 13th amendment explicitly says slavery is allowed for people convicted for a crime.

Which is the legal basis for the US prison industry.

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If you want a Hollywood movie that talks about this, from the 1930-34 era where they were at their most progressive and raunchy, I’d recommend I Am A Fugitive from a Chain Gang, directed by Mervyn LeRoy in '32
@alena_03 @renatoram @flutterfli007 Thanks. It looks interesting, and I'll definitely check it out. Looks like a largely white cast, though? Does it deal with race at all?
@bodhipaksa @renatoram @flutterfli007 I’m not sure, but it was a different time

@alena_03 @renatoram @flutterfli007 Indeed. Hollywood didn't employ many black actors and usually then only in minor or demeaning roles.

It would seem illustrative, though, that a film about a constitutional provision designed to ensure that Black Americans could still be enslaved would center on white people.

@bodhipaksa @renatoram @flutterfli007 indeed, at the time the film caused major prison reforms….which reagan did away with