Book censorship is alive and well, unfortunately

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Pepper said:
Really? Care to get specific? A book on a baseball hero who was black & banned. The Rosa Parks story has been banned. I think you're alluding to s.e.x.u.a.l. matters, I'm willing to look into that. But to try to erase Black History? In the South? Hell no
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I believe I was quite specific! My post is dedicated to the works of Roald Dahl.
I think that is pretty clear?
 

hollydolly said:
well I just looked it up.. very quick read tbf.. but why aren't people standing up to this lunacy ?.. why are people allowing one man to dictate their rights ? Anyway..it's nuts that this man is allowed to make these decisions.. if indeed he is allowed...
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It's left wing propaganda.
 
Texas banned more books from school libraries this past year than any other state in the nation, targeting titles centering on race, racism, abortion and LGBTQ representation and issues, according to a new analysis by PEN America, a nonprofit organization advocating for free speech.The report released on Monday found that school administrators in Texas have banned 801 books across 22 school districts, and 174 titles were banned at least twice between July 2021 through June 2022. PEN America defines a ban as any action taken against a book based on its content after challenges from parents or lawmakers.The most frequent books removed included “Gender Queer: A Memoir” by Maia Kobabe, which depicts Kobabe’s journey of gender identity and sexual orientation; “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison; “Roe v. Wade: A Woman's Choice?” by Susan Dudley Gold; “Out of Darkness” by Ashley Hope Pérez, which follows a love story between a Mexican American teenage girl and a Black teen boy in 1930s East Texas; and “All Boys Aren’t Blue” by George M. Johnson, a personal account of growing up black and queer in Plainfield, New Jersey.“This censorious movement is turning our public schools into political battlegrounds, driving wedges within communities, forcing teachers and librarians from their jobs, and casting a chill over the spirit of open inquiry and intellectual freedom that underpin a flourishing democracy,” Suzanne Nossel, PEN America’s chief executive officer, said in a statement.Across the country, PEN America found that 1,648 unique titles had been banned by schools. Of these titles, 41% address LGBTQ themes or have protagonists or prominent secondary characters who are LGBTQ. Another 40% of these books contains protagonists or prominent secondary characters of color.Summer Lopez, the chief program officer of free expression at PEN America, said what’s notable about these book bans is that most are on books that families and children can elect to reahttps://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/19/texas-book-bans/
 
In the immortal classic, Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain used the ultimate racist word as part of a character's name. In those days, that word was in common usage, and Twain did not use it as an insult. He used it to identify the character's race.

This character is a runaway slave who befriends Huck and is a positive influence on him. His name, I believe, was changed to eliminate the N word, so (I believe, not sure) he is now referred to as just plain "Jim."

In this case, I think the modification was a good thing. That word is so hurtful and has caused so much tragedy that it probably can't be justified, even though it was apparently a pretty ordinary word in those days, especially in the south.

So, where does bowdleizing end, and basic human decency begin?
 

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