picture of books being carted off from school library

[Demovictory9]

Books that have been banned in Texas
Some school districts have already started taking books off their shelves even without objections from parents. An investigation by NBC News found that 400 titles dealing with race, sexuality and gender were removed from school libraries in the North East Independent School District in San Antonio. No formal complaint has been filed for their removal but administrators did so using Rep. Krause’s list to review them under the new state law.

The Katy Independent School District outside of Houston has already decided that nine books are not appropriate for students at any grade level from at least 30 that it is reviewing. Under the district's policies it cannot open a review without a formal challenge to a book, but most of the books never received any such challenge.

The Granbury Independent School District near Fort Worth confirmed at the end of January that it had removed another 125 books from shelves. The district had previously decided to permanently remove five young adult fiction books, all written by Abbi Glines. The other books will be reviewed with a spokesperson telling WFAA that most of the books would likely return to shelves but was not forthcoming with a timeline.

Nor has the district complied with a records request for the titles that have been pulled, but Christopher Tackett a parent in the district tweeted out a photo of a list he was given in response to his request. Additionally, he posted a photo of boxes being removed from the library that had “Krause List” on the side.

https://en.as.com/en/2022/02/03/latest_news/1643899122_962175.html

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[Hekate]

1. Sick and evil

[NJCher]

2. To Kill a Mockingbird

For whatever reason I learned that this was a “censored” book when I was a kid. Consequently I made it a point to get the book and read it.

I put a different cover on the book and I recall reading it while my mother walked by. I was feeling very smug.

If I were a kid at this school I would make it a point to get the books on this list and read them, every one of them.

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Twitter followup:

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[Mister Ed]

5. Their "cancel culture!" war cry is pure projection.

From The Dixie Chicks to Colin Kaepernick to "To Kill A Mockingbird" to the 2020 election, cancel culture is what they're all about.

[Samrob]

6. So true. I wish someone with greater skill than I would put together all the accusations

the MAGAQs and RW-nut cases have accused Democrats of next to all the real crimes and behaviors committed by the GOP and other right wingers. You know, like accusing Dems of election fraud next to those FL GOP who actually were convicted of voter fraud.

[Demovictory9]

9. interesting... the book banning was triggered by race but LGBT now leads in books banned

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Full graphics of under review, banned/removed books...

As a voracious reader and a lover of books this is like killing my friends. Murder. Horrible and heartbreaking.

❤pants

[Demovictory9]

13. Thanks for full graphic

[SunSeeker]

7. K & R for exposure.

[Sherman A1]

8. Just sad 😢

So very sad.

[Walleye]

10. When I was growing up, one controversial book was "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

My grandfather was a bird lover he had the book in his den. I was too young to read it then. But I remember her being called a communist. Of course it was a very important book in the environmental struggle

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. Kids of RepubliQon snowflakes get guns but not books. Guns don't kill people, but ideas do?

[Chainfire]

12. I think that the message is clear.

OWM

Only whites matter. And, not all of them. Mostly, white, straight, English speaking, Christian men of Western European descent matter. We will pretend that the rest of you don't exist.

The march to Fascism continues to accelerate at an amazing rate. The parallels with the 1930s Germany are crystal clear. Hate has become quit fashionable among patriotic Americans. The fist step to a pogram is to dehumanize your victims.

[Dave says]

14. That is so sick

We are a sick and dying democracy.

[tenderfoot]

15. I get the feeling those men carting off the books rarely read period.

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