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> If the book is available in the district libraries, that means it was approved by a media specialist and can be made available to students again. But any book
by hezag 4y ago
> If the book is available in the district libraries, that means it was approved by a media specialist and can be made available to students again. But any book not currently held in the district libraries must be individually evaluated and approved by a librarian.
So... It's an allowlist and not a denylist. Even worse.
- nickpeterson 4y agoThis is such a great hacker news observation about this ;)
- netsharc 4y agoI remember reading a description of denylists (everything is allowed except for...) as "American style" and allowlists (only these things are allowed) as "Soviet style".
- yencabulator 4y agoThat's pretty fitting, considering how much of the Russian playbook US republicans are using...