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PEN America: White House Announcement of Anti-Book Ban Coordinator Treats Crisis with Deserved Seriousness pen.org/press-release/…
(2/x) In response to President Biden’s announcement that he will appoint an anti-book ban coordinator, PEN America’s Washington Managing Director Nadine Farid Johnson issued the following statement: “The growing movement to ban books—especially books focused on the experiences...
".... of people of color and the LGBTQ+ community—represents a threat not just to the rights enshrined in the First Amendment, but to the well-being of students, who deserve to see themselves represented in works of literature and nonfiction...." (3/x)
"How do 11 people think they have the right to tell all students what they are allowed to read?" asks @JoyAnnReid.
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ICYMI: An analysis by The Washington Post found that "a majority of book challenges can be attributed to a very small number of people—11 to be exact."
These repeat challengers are often assisted by conservative book banning groups like Moms for Liberty. bookriot.com/washington-pos…
These repeat challengers are often assisted by conservative book banning groups like Moms for Liberty. bookriot.com/washington-pos…
PEN America's April 2023 #BannedInTheUSA report documented "an escalation of book bans and censorship in classrooms and school libraries across the United States," with book bans most prevalent in Texas, Florida, Missouri, Utah, and South Carolina.
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➡️pen.org/report/banned-…
🧵A K-8 school in Miami-Dade County recently removed @TheAmandaGorman's The Hill We Climb from elementary school library shelves. They say it’s not been banned, but…
... When you restrict or diminish access to a book, that’s a ban.
Moving the book to middle school shelves means elementary students can’t or won’t get it.
Their access has diminished. (2/x)
Moving the book to middle school shelves means elementary students can’t or won’t get it.
Their access has diminished. (2/x)
The Hill We Climb was widely praised and read at a Presidential Inauguration.
It was moved to middle schools along with @OhReallyRio's The ABC’s of Black History.
This cannot be separated from the wider movement to restrict books by Black authors and about Black history. (3/x)
It was moved to middle schools along with @OhReallyRio's The ABC’s of Black History.
This cannot be separated from the wider movement to restrict books by Black authors and about Black history. (3/x)
🧵PEN America Files Lawsuit against Florida School District over Unconstitutional Book Bans
Lawsuit joined by @penguinrandom, parents, and authors asserts that Escambia County School Board unlawfully removes or restricts access to books about race, racism, and LGBTQ identities.
Lawsuit joined by @penguinrandom, parents, and authors asserts that Escambia County School Board unlawfully removes or restricts access to books about race, racism, and LGBTQ identities.
Our lawsuit alleges Escambia County has set out to exclude certain ideas from their school libraries by removing or restricting books, some of which have been on the shelves for years—even decades. Read more here: pen.org/pen-america-v-…
According to the lawsuit, the school board’s removal and restriction of access to books discussing race, racism, and LGBTQ identities, against the recommendations of the district review committee charged with evaluating book challenges, violates the First Amendment.
