Aure Free Press Aug 23, 2023

Georgia School District Banning Books After Firing A Teacher

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https://apnews.com/article/library-book-bans-explicit-content-georgia-school-4ebc873ca36ae398a2c3bc506db578c2

Georgia school district is banning books, citing sexual content, after firing a teacher

Georgia’s second-largest school district says it has removed two books from 20 school libraries, saying the books had “highly inappropriate, sexually explicit content.” The announcement was sent in an electronic message to parents in some Cobb County schools on Monday. It comes days after the Republican-majority school board voted 4-3 along party lines to fire a teacher for reading a book about gender identity to fifth-grade students. Book removals have surged since 2020, part of a backlash to what kids read and discuss in public schools. Cobb County didn’t respond to questions about who asked the books be removed or if the district intends to remove additional books.

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Cobb County, with 106,000 students, said Tuesday that 20 libraries had contained “Flamer” by Mike Curato or “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” by Jesse Andrews, or both. “Flamer” is a graphic novel about a boy who is discovering he is gay and how he is treated at summer camp. “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” contains some discussion of sex and a lot of profanity, but is mainly about two high school boys who befriend a girl dying of cancer. Both were among the most challenged books of 2022, according to a list published by the American Library Association.
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One of the most important jobs of public schools is to teach children how to protect our democracy from religious zealots and fascists and others who use well known strategies to threaten all that is truly good in life, like love and compassion. And that's why these authoritarian types work overtime to dismantle public education.

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@jennyzilliac Bravo - thank you Jenny ❤️
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