Another recommended reading list courtesy of the Texas Taliban. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/t…
TX wants to ban "White Bird," a graphic novel about a Jewish teen living in France after Nazis seized power, because it's "biased" & could lead to the "skewing of a young child's mind."
"Biased" against Nazis and genocide.
"New Kid," a graphic novel about a Black seventh grader at a mostly white school, must be banned because it is "about critical race theory, which is forbidden by Texas law."
"Woke" is dangerous because a dad in a Dallas suburb says these poems by women of color on topics relating to social justice, activism & discrimination promote "terrorism."
Poems to raise awareness on injustice is "terrorism," but storming the capitol to scare senators is not.
A parent suggests replacing "How to be an Anti-Racist" with the Bible, a book that condones slavery.
An Eanes parent wants to ban "A Good Kind of Trouble, a novel about a 12-year-old girl who gets involved in the Black Lives Matter movement, because it might cause a white child to feel "confusion or distress."
"We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices, an illustrated collection of poems and essays about overcoming prejudice & racism shouldn't be allowed in schools, an Eanes parent wrote, because it "promotes discrimination."
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