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Uneasy??? As an avid reader, this pisses me OFF! Cut out the censoring; if any book is too much for delicate sensibilities, don't freakin' read it!
A Texas lawmaker is targeting 850 books that he says could make students feel uneasy
October 28, 20211:00 PM ET
Bill Chappell
A Texas state lawmaker is asking schools statewide to tell him whether they currently hold any of around 850 books on a list he has compiled, explaining that he is targeting materials that "might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress because of their race or sex."
The inquiry by state Rep. Matt Krause, a Republican, quickly set off alarm among the books' authors and the state teachers association. The unusual request, which was first reported by the Texas Tribune, also triggered confusion in school districts over how to comply with such a wide-ranging query.
Krause sent a letter on Monday to the Texas Education Agency and superintendents of school districts around the state, asking each official to confirm whether their schools possess any books on his list, along with a detailed accounting of where they are and how much money was spent on them.
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The inquiry is a "disturbing and political overreach into the classroom" and it might be illegal, said Ovidia Molina, the president of the Texas State Teachers Association.
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https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1050013664/texas-lawmaker-matt-krause-launches-inquiry-into-850-books
Initech
(99,915 posts)Shellback Squid
(8,909 posts)leftstreet
(36,081 posts)These seemingly spontaneous and "concerned" legislative attempts are scary as shit and need to be shut down asap
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)any other form of psychological distress because of their race or sex."
This dick doesn't care about the kids...well, maybe the white boys.
Lovie777
(11,992 posts)Texas want children be statutes . . .
Permanut
(5,439 posts)and put them in a pile, and poured gasoline on them...
It would look just like Germany on May 10, 1933.
Deuxcents
(15,785 posts)Sounds like a Texas Taliban in the making. If he has all the time to read each book, maybe he can give us book reports and point out his objections to each of them.
niyad
(112,435 posts)3catwoman3
(23,820 posts)Lets hazard a guess - not a chance.
There are things that should make us uncomfortable. Thats part of how we grow and expand our horizons.
Hekate
(90,202 posts)sop
(9,946 posts)And what with all the racism and misogyny going on there, they'll likely combine book burnings with cross burnings and burning witches. They could use their tiki torches to set off the blaze.
Lithos
(26,397 posts)I am only aware of a small handful, but for someone to be critical of these books has a head-up their bum world view - namely what they can not see must not exist. Scary.
Withywindle
(9,988 posts)History, racial justice, sex ed for teens (including non-condemning helpful material about being LGBTQ), reproductive rights, YA novels that deal with these themes, the random old classic like Cider House Rules, biographies of famous artists and activists - and V for Vendetta which I always thought of as more of a Gen X story than what kids are reading nowadays but...yeah, it's about resistance to fascism. I can see why they aren't keen on that one.