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ICYMI: More than 1,600 books were banned during the last school year, with most of the bans targeting titles related to the LGBTQ community or race and racism, according to a @PENamerica report. @NBCOUT/@NBCNews https://t.co/6dzA8PO2Cx
— Jo Yurcaba (@JoYurcaba) September 20, 2022
Attempts to ban books from school libraries in America are on track to rise again this school year, after reaching historic highs last year, a pair of national reports has found. https://t.co/CfZD7n1oso
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 19, 2022
Advocacy Groups Are Helping Drive a Rise in Book Bans https://t.co/X2wGLiNj6i
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 19, 2022
Today’s book bans might be more dangerous than those from the past, @JPerrillo1 writes in @MadeByHistory https://t.co/oaGFn9giZp
— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) September 12, 2022
"In total, 327 previously approved books from notable authors including Rick Riordan & Audre Lorde – along with Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper series– were removed from district libraries…. nearly a dozen books were also flagged as “Black Lives Matter” materials & removed" https://t.co/S6Q9ijxw19
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) August 25, 2022
A book about George Dawson, the grandson of a slave who learned to read at 98, is currently under review for removal by Carroll ISD.
— 🌟 Lauren McGaughy (@lmcgaughy) August 23, 2022
The school where the book is currently found? George Dawson Middle School. Story by @memangrum.https://t.co/DgocpAil9n #txed #tellEWA
The Brooklyn Public Library Gives Every Teenager in the U.S. Free Access to Books Getting Censored by American Schools https://t.co/Qu7hgqZ26A pic.twitter.com/HPpyVUAzsm
— Open Culture (@openculture) August 22, 2022
A viral TikTok video shows a teacher in Tennessee explaining the extensive amount of work she has to do on her day off just to make sure all the books in her classroom’s library are properly approved. https://t.co/UuzadbZr4g
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) August 19, 2022
Oh my. A Texas School district is removing illustrated adaptations of Anne Frank's diary from their shelves. This comes after Ohio reps encouraged schools to teach “both sides” of the Holocaust. The GOP book-purge is beginning. Now we know why Nazis support the Republican Party.
— Dash Dobrofsky (@DashDobrofsky) August 17, 2022
Sad! 