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In the sense of school boards removing books from curricula, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a recent example. [1] In the sense of removing books from bookstores, A
by finite_jest 5y ago
In the sense of school boards removing books from curricula, "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a recent example. [1]
In the sense of removing books from bookstores, Amazon did ban a broad category of books. [2]
In the sense of literally burning books, I'm don't know of any recent instances in the US by either side. But I know of one example in Canada. [3]
[1]: https://www.newsweek.com/schools-drop-kill-mockingbird-required-reading-list-1672563 https://www.newsweek.com/schools-drop-kill-mockingbird-requi...
[2]: WSJ: "Amazon Won’t Sell Books Framing LGBTQ+ Identities as Mental Illnesses" https://archive.fo/v5rWn https://archive.fo/v5rWn
[3]: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/book-burning-at-ontario-francophone-schools-as-gesture-of-reconciliation-denounced https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/book-burning-at-ontario...
- shankr 5y agoNone of which amounts to state actively banning these books. Even though I don't agree, dropping from reading list isn't exactly same as government removing it from the school library. In the sense, it's not the exact same thing. On the other hand, this happened https://twitter.com/cjtackett/status/1486788612511383553 https://twitter.com/cjtackett/status/1486788612511383553
- finite_jest 5y agoThanks for the link. Also corroborated by the statement on the school's website: [1]. That seems overly paternalistic and prudish to me. [1]: https://www.granburyisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=23&ModuleInstanceID=37797&ViewID=6446EE88-D30C-497E-9316-3F8874B3E108&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=56433&PageID=22101 https://www.granburyisd.org/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&Dom...