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A cool guide to U.S. states with the most book bans

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Jul 25, 2024 at 9:11amWeb
Show threadHootinNHollerinJul 25, 2024
Why do ppl choose colors / shades that you can’t tell apart
Show threadgolliJul 25, 2024

I had the exact same thought. I think the map would work way better if states without ban had a significantly lighter shade of grey (or even white)

As is the ones with 1-10 bans stand out by far the most due to the red being so bright. And the others are harder to see against the dark grey.

Show threadZwiebelJul 25, 2024
To add, there are palettes available online that work well even for most colorblind people
Show threadMajorHavocJul 25, 2024
Yeah. This feels like someone looked at the uncolored map and decided it wasn’t depressing enough, and switched to gray for states without bans.
Show threadA_Very_Big_FanJul 25, 2024
I like that 0 is very distinct, because they should stand out… But everything else should really be a gradient between two colors, and neither of them should be black when zero is grey…
Show threadRebekahWSDJul 25, 2024
What have they done to New Jersey?? New Jersey, I’m so sorry they like, whamjangled your entire shape!!
Show threadFesterJul 25, 2024
Look how they massacred my boy
Show threadNOT_RICKJul 25, 2024
I guess I live in the ocean now?
Show threadRebekahWSDJul 25, 2024
I think I do as well! Maybe? It’s really hard to tell with how squished and wiggly it is now!
Show threadNOT_RICKJul 25, 2024
I think they cut off the eastern part of PA and marked it as NJ. The negative white space looks like the path of the Delaware
Show threadTooManyFoodsJul 25, 2024
When I went to school they hung up posters telling us to read banned books. Now my state is book ban crazy. Apparently 2022 is very out of date.
Show threadBossDjJul 25, 2024
Teachers don’t want the books banned
Show threadReddfugee42Jul 25, 2024
This is how fascists virtue-signal
Show threadTheDeepStateJul 25, 2024
California and New York banned more books than Mississippi.
Show threadWarl0k3Jul 25, 2024

Well yeah, you don’t have to ban many books when you’ve got a single digit literacy rate.

/s

Show threadTexasDrunkJul 25, 2024
You may not be far off the mark. It’s likely that a lot of the banned books aren’t in libraries in Mississippi. They do their kids dirty.
Show threadIMongooseJul 25, 2024

In 2023 California banned banning books:

npr.org/…/california-gov-newsom-barring-book-bans…

I couldn’t find what books actually got banned in California. Some of those Cali districts are deep red though.

Show threadTheDeepStateJul 25, 2024
I’m pretty sure that Mississippi is deep red too.
Show threadIMongooseJul 25, 2024
Yep, I was just trying to see what exactly was banned in California and it turns out probably nothing now.
Show threadFloshieJul 25, 2024
nice ! new books to read
Show threadmassive_bereavementJul 25, 2024
This looks like a recommendation list for teenagers, kind of how we looked for CDs that had the "parent advisory" sticker.
Show threadhuginnJul 25, 2024

Reading any ACOTAR (a court of mist and fury, listed above) is such an enormous waste of time though.

Like if you want to enjoy some smut go for it but it’s really devoid of any merit besides being erotic.

Claiming you’re reading when it’s actually ACOTAR is like saying you’re watching cinema when it’s Backdoor Sluts 8.

You might be right technically but nobody would agree with you.

Show threadEntertainmeonlyJul 25, 2024
I literally just took a screen shot so I could buy the lot.
Show threadcurbstickleJul 25, 2024
WTF is going on with NJ in that map??
Show threadChe BananaJul 25, 2024
The whitest of states
Show threadFeathercrownJul 25, 2024
New England wins again
Show threadEldritchFemininityJul 25, 2024
It’s a little sad to see Mass on there, I gotta look up what got banned. I’m assuming it was in some deeply red school district as there’s some surprisingly conservative areas of the state.
Show threadWytchJul 25, 2024
bostonglobe.com/…/books-banned-in-massachusetts/
Book bans: 10 Mass. districts remove and restrict book access

Most of those challenges come from parents, records obtained by the Globe showed, and some parrot objections made in other states, which include summaries of passages they find objectionable.

The Boston Globe
Show threadFeathercrownJul 25, 2024
Paywall :(
Show threadgen/Eric ComputersJul 25, 2024
I like how most of New York is red, except Long Island. Long Island isn’t its own state (yet).
Show threadpadgeJul 25, 2024

It’s a shame to see Gender Queer on there. I read it for my university class on comic art and thought it was really interesting. I would probably say it’s more of an adult book, but I think just about all the books I read for high school English were adult books.

The author is really cool too. When the covid lockdown happened my professor emailed them asking if there were any digital options for the book, since a lot of students relied on the local library or might have left their copies in their dorms. They sent my professor a pirated link and gave permission for us to use it.

Show threadguyJul 25, 2024
Making grey 0, black the highest and intense red the lowest above 0 is a weird palette choice
Show threadguyJul 25, 2024
These Øs make it read like the subtitles to the intro for Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Show threadMatch!!Jul 25, 2024
congrats to mike curato for being the only man on this list
Show threadArmok: God of BloodJul 25, 2024
What books are banned in CA? It’s my understanding that banning books is itself banned in CA.
Show threadItDoBeHowItDoBeJul 25, 2024
I am not for outright banning of books, but I am against mandatory reading of certain books for classes. There are some pretty sexually graphic scenes in a number of books not marketed as erotic that I believe have no place in the standard classroom or the elementary school library. A certian section at a public library, sure, but schools, no. It is like those backrooms at blockbuster.
Show threadarchitectonasJul 25, 2024
Why would you think it is a good idea to ban sexual content from schools?
Show threadjacksilverJul 26, 2024

Do you have any examples?

I think a classroom, where the reading is guided and purposeful can be a good setting for these kinds of topics.

Show threadzipzoopaboopJul 25, 2024
Sure is land of the free in there
Show threadBuelldozerJul 25, 2024
I’d take this with a healthy dose of salt. The State of Wyoming has no laws banning any books. Certain School Districts and Public libraries have guidance regarding books they see as controversial but there is no STATE law about them.
Show threadSweetpeaches69Jul 26, 2024
I personally think every Rupi Kaur book should be banned. Not because it’s controversial, but just because it’s a horrid excuse for poetry.
Show threadPheganJul 26, 2024
Are these books banned state wide? Or banned in a single school district in the state? While we should be raising awareness of the banning of books by conservatives, I am confused by this graphic and how I can use it for actionable change.
Show threadMwaAug 4, 2024
I remember a lgbtq book was banned bcs it was teaching weird topics