A Virginia school board has ordered schools to begin removing "sexually explicit" books from high school libraries. Two board members have urged the district to burn them as well.
The vote was prompted by a complaint from a parent who had been scouring the high school library's app for LGBTQ+ literature. In the process, she found this book, which the publisher recommends for ages 15+.
One board member complained that by not pulling this and other books immediately, the school was basically saying that it "would rather have our kids reading gay pornography than about Christ."
I'm more sympathetic to TCW's concerns than I think NHJ is, but it does seem ludicrous to me how much more attention "CRT runs amok at school" gets compared to, say, this:
Reflexively dismissing all expressions of anxiety over "CRT" in schools as racism or a political ploy is a mistake, imho. But people come by that skepticism honestly.
That the DOJ ever found out about the Utah scandal is because of the leader of a local BLM chapter, by the way. Unfortunately, she had to flee the state last year due to threats to her safety over some social media posts.
Great piece here from @DavidAFrench on the threats posed by the anti-woke Right. And the fact is that he only mentions just a few of the countless disturbing episodes out there right now.
@DavidAFrench I encourage everyone to read the ACLU's lawsuit against the state of Oklahoma. That state passed an anti-CRT law last spring. Since then, it has caused public schools to drop To Kill a Mockingbird and A Raisin in the Sun from curricula.
I awoke this morning to Richard Hanania’s Dems-are-Readers-but-Reps-are-Watchers theory taking Twitter by storm. It’s bedtime now and this post tears that theory to shreds. dochammer.substack.com/p/contra-hanan…
Here’s the partisan breakdown of where people get their news, focusing just on those who say they follow politics closely. You really think these differences are stark or large enough to support Hanania’s conclusions about partisan elites?
Here it is for those who are most knowledgeable about politics.
@monkeycageblog It was the fastest I've ever written anything for publication, and given the pace of events, I had to omit a lot of relevant issues. E.g. I don't talk a lot about the role of Egypt, the UAE, or KSA.
@monkeycageblog For instance, these statements from Egypt and KSA are very weak.