Book Banning

#276

60 Minutes had an excellent segment on book banning last night, focusing on a situation in South Carolina, with much attention paid to our FL friends at Moms For Liberty.

60 Minutes @60Minutes wrote: “Parents have the right to determine what their children are … allowed to read,” Geier told 60 Minutes. “But what we're having a problem with is parents that want to determine what other parents' rights are for their children to read what they want.” https://cbsn.ws/3UY8vPn

#277

Publishers condemn 'silent' censorship of books trashed at Staten Island school

Prominent publishers have sent a letter to the New York City Department of Education expressing alarm that books featuring diverse characters and subjects were discarded with the trash at a Staten Island elementary school.

“We are deeply concerned that silent or unacknowledged censorship may be going on in New York City schools,” the letter said.

Gothamist reported last week that hundreds of books about Black history, immigration and LGBTQ+ characters were placed with the trash outside P.S. 55 on Staten Island, and hundreds more were given away. Attached to many of the books were sticky notes saying “not approved.” Some of the notes highlighted apparent concerns, including “negative slant on white people” and “teenage girls having a crush on another girl in class.”

https://gothamist.com/news/publishers-c ... and-school

They pitched books on Nina Simone, Navajo Code Talkers, etc.

Starten Island.

#278

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#279

There really is no bottom.

#280

1st Amendment: freedom of "

religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or
of the press; or
the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and
to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

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