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A Florida school has banned Amanda Gorman's poem after one parent's complaint. 😒
Gorman commented, “Book bans aren't new. But they have been on the rise…often all it takes to remove these works from our libraries and schools is a single objection. And let's be clear: most of the forbidden works are by authors who have struggled for generations to get on bookshelves. The majority of these censored works are by queer and non-white voices.”
Becker This poem is wonderful. What the h*ll is wrong with people. ☹️ (edited) 1y
CaitlinR Any banned book, or attempt to ban a book makes me crazy, but this, this is just ignorant! Her poetry is powerful, approachable, and broadly embracing. To ban it, is to ban beauty! 1y
MicheleinPhilly Did you see the official application to have it removed? The person listed the author as Oprah Winfrey. 🙄 The stupid…it hurts. 1y
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AmyG I just read that the woman who got this book banned….posted nazi stuff on her facebook page. 😳 1y
Traci1 @AmyG I am shocked.... 🙄 1y
Traci1 @MicheleinPhilly you'd hope that they'd see all the press about it and be embarrassed about how dumb they look. But I imagine they're probably proud of all they accomplished. ☹️ 1y
Traci1 @CaitlinR right? I don't understand anyone thinking "I don't want my kid exposed to this, so I should be able to make that decision for all kids." But this is just beyond understanding. What do they see in her beautiful work that they don't want their kid to see? I can't even begin to comprehend it. I mean, I kinda figure I know what the issue is. But the fact that the school goes along with it. Just ugh. 1y
KathyWheeler Schools and other institutions just keep caving to the bullies. This was one parent! One! 🤬 1y
Reggie @KathyWheeler I now kinda understand why my English teacher my senior year made our parents sign waivers giving consent to read whatever we wanted. Otherwise he would figure out a curriculum that was “safe” for your kid. 1y
CoverToCoverGirl @Reggie you were blessed with a very open minded and forward thinking English teacher. That one parent can be allowed to exert this kind of influence is truly scary. (edited) 1y
KathyWheeler @Reggie I get it. I don‘t ever remember anything like this happening when I was in school. 1y
Ruthiella When I was a junior in high school in 1982, one person was excused from reading existentialist literature for religious reasons and was assigned something else. But the rest of us read Kafka. That makes more sense, right? Rather than denying all the other students access. 1y
Amor4Libros This has infuriated me so much! 1y
Traci1 @Ruthiella I can honestly understand someone wanting to protect their child from reading something that will possibly be traumatic to them. I read The Prince of Tides when I was 17, and 30 years later, it still haunts me. In terrible ways. But. That's me. Or that's one person's kid. I'm not religious but I have no issue with that reasoning. But again. One kid. Yours. I don't understand people who feel entitled to control the world. 1y
Traci1 @KathyWheeler I do wonder if it wasn't as much an issue when I was in school (I graduated in 92) because books by and about minorities were less prevalent. People certainly weren't more progressive. They just had less pushback on their tendencies towards racism/sexism/whatever. That's my theory anyway. 1y
KathyWheeler @Traci1 I‘m much older than you (graduated high school in 75) and you could be right. Books by and about minorities weren‘t prevalent in school back then, and my parents didn‘t censor what I read at home. 1y
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