Kids from
all backgrounds deserve to be represented in
books. | | |
Book Banning is a
Classic Sign of Authoritarianism. Stop Censoring
Books! | | |
Banning
books is nothing new in the United States. For decades,
people attempting to preserve the status quo and prevent
progress toward racial, sexual, or gender liberation
have worked to ban a variety of texts from local schools
and libraries. But the pace at which book
banning is now happening across the U.S. is uniquely
alarming, and frankly, reminiscent of authoritarian
regimes of the past. Last fall,
the American Library Association said that it received a
whopping 330 reports of book challenges, an
"unprecedented" number given that a single challenge can
include multiple books.
Entire political
campaigns are being waged to prevent certain topics from
coming up in schools, including those about gender
identity, sexuality and the LGBTQ+ community, and racial
justice. Book banning is quite notoriously a
strategy of political repression, and is often used to
silence minority groups. So why is the "land of the
free" experiencing a wave of book bans across so many
states? In a country that supposedly
values freedom of speech, it's chilling to see book
censorship reach such fever-pitch levels. Sign the
petition to show that you believe books should not be
censored or banned at schools or libraries! This new
wave of censorship is dangerous and disturbing, and it
must
end. | | |
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Thank you,
Miranda
Care2 Petitions
Team | | |
P.S. Books are
key ways people learn about those who are different from
them and also grow a better understanding of their own
experiences. Sign the petition
now. |
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Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2022 12:19 PM
Subject: A frightening new wave of book-banning is sweeping across
the U.S.
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