FelixBCMay 6, 2023
Jeff Jarvis
Asked to Delete References to Racism From Her Book, an Author Refused https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/06/books/scholastic-book-racism-maggie-tokuda-hall.html?smid=tw-share
Asked to Delete References to Racism From Her Book, an Author Refused

The case, involving Scholastic, led to an outcry among authors and became an example of how the culture wars behind a surge in book banning in schools has reached publishers.

The New York Times
May 6, 2023 at 12:15pmWeb
Show threadJessica JonikasMay 6, 2023
@jeffjarvis Leave it to a librarian (Jillian Heise) to get to the heart of it: “Kids [many of whom experience racism in their daily lives] are capable of understanding at a simple level that when we treat people differently because of who they are, or how they identify, or what they look like, that that’s not fair. That conversation, helps their self-perception, and perception of the world, develop with empathy.”
Show threadJoe 📷 🖖🤨May 6, 2023
@jeffjarvis This reminds me of the movement to censor the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer years ago.
Show threadEddiKatMay 6, 2023
@jeffjarvis I wanted to read the article you posted, but it is pay walled.
Show threadMOVED * Dan Ritz * MOVEDMay 6, 2023

@EddiKat @jeffjarvis

This gets around paw walls most of the time. 👍

https://12ft.io/

12ft

Show thread0xC0DEC0DE07EAMay 6, 2023
@danritz @EddiKat @jeffjarvis I get a message saying that they don’t do NY Times.
Show threadCovidiocracyMay 6, 2023
@c0dec0dec0de @danritz @EddiKat @jeffjarvis
This one works
https://archive.is/9acds
Show thread2xfoMay 6, 2023
@danritz @EddiKat @jeffjarvis
I copied the article text from behind the paywall and then viewed it in the clipboard previewer. The photo captions get bumped up against the article text but it's very readable.
Edit: Android 13
Show threadAT-AT Assault 🏳️‍⚧️May 6, 2023

@danritz @EddiKat @jeffjarvis

12 foot ladder doesn't work for big publishers anymore. They all caught on to what it is, and ban connection requests from it.

Show threadMOVED * Dan Ritz * MOVEDMay 6, 2023

@atatassault @EddiKat @jeffjarvis

Dang. Sorry. I guess I haven’t been using it enough to notice that.

Show threadTappin LisaMay 6, 2023
@EddiKat @jeffjarvis
How about this article instead?
https://densho.org/catalyst/maggie-tokuda-hall-takes-a-stand-against-censorship-racism/
Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall Takes a Stand Against Censorship and the “Deeply American Tradition of Racism” - Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment

Maggie Tokuda-Hall shares her thoughts on Scholastic’s attempted censorship of her book, Love in the Library.

Densho: Japanese American Incarceration and Japanese Internment
Show threadColes Street PotholeMay 6, 2023
@jeffjarvis Wanting to profit from BIPOC authors yet not willing to tell their whole story or carry their burdens. Sigh.
Show threadThe Jack of SandwichMay 6, 2023
@jeffjarvis how can you talk about that subject without acknowledging the racism?
Show threadWilliam B. TurnerMay 6, 2023
@jeffjarvis. Stand your ground.
Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱May 6, 2023
@jeffjarvis Sadly, that is behind a paywall.