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B.See » 17 Mar 2023, 11:34 pm » wrote: ↑

17 Mar 2023, 11:34 pm

FASCISM'S WAR ON EDUCATION, DIVERSITY, AND DEMOCRACY

As Rachael Maddow recently observed, Florida and other MAGA states are banning not only books on slavery and America's history of racism, banning not only accounts of Black people's efforts to overcome, banning not only books acknowledging the existence of gay and trans people, but they are also banning books on the Holocaust. As Maddow observed, so Americas Nazis can DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN:

Shocking ban of book about Holocaust survivor's granddaughter in DeSantis' Florida - Raw Story

Jodi Picoult's Holocaust Novel Removed as Florida School District Purges Libraries to Comply With State Law - Jewish Times (dot com)

Jodi Picoult: What Florida Doesn’t Want You to Know About Its Book Bans - TheDailyBeast

The majority of the books that were targeted do not even have a kiss in them. What they do have, however, are issues like racism, abortion rights, gun control, gay rights, and other topics that encourage kids to think for themselves.

Jodi Picoult doubles down against Florida book bans in new op-ed - AOL

Top Authors Speak Out, Slam Florida’s Book Bans As ‘Arbitrary’ And ‘Egregious’ - Huffpost (dot com)

Jodi Picoult and James Patterson, whose publications were on a list of books pulled from schools in the state, slammed the censorship and urged action.

MEANWHILE:

Texas educators bow to pressure and halt new diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives - Yahoo

Texas' announced takeover of Houston schools, stirs anger - ABC News

Texas plots 1 of the largest school takeovers ever in U.S. - Yahoo

North Carolina GOP again seeking to limit "racial teachings" - ABC News

Iowa law forbids teachers from telling students "slavery was wrong" - Boing Boing

Ron DeSantis’ hostile takeover could cost a Florida college $29 million in donations: report - MSN

Florida teacher who called a biracial student a 'mutt' has been abusing students for decades: report - Raw Story

Campus Police Were ‘Immediately Violent’ at Protest for Diversity at Florida University, Say Students - Jezebel (dot com)

FIGHTING BACK:

Meet the FReadom Fighters Taking On Book Bans and Online Abuse: Books Are Not Contraband - Yahoo

Florida's New College students invited to transfer to Mass. campus - CBS Boston

Students at New College of Florida offered escape from DeSantis takeover - CBS News

Retired teacher: Anti-CRT bill NC is considering will backfire - Charlotte Observer