Trump's Department of Education will look the other way for ongoing book bans in schools and libraries

[RamsayBolton]

https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/department-education-dismisses-book-ban-investigations-ends-guidance

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is rescinding all past guidance issued against the removal of books and will no longer employ a coordinator to investigate instances of unlawful book removals.

The department also announced that it has dismissed 11 book ban complaints and six pending complaints. According to the DOE, the complaints alleged that the removal of these books "created a hostile environment for students."

The nation has seen a wave of attempts to ban or remove books from library and classroom shelves in recent years, with the vast majority of complaints targeting books that are written by or about people of color and the LGBTQ community, according to free speech organizations that track book banning efforts.

Banned Books by Black Authors

For over 100 years — since the days when "banned in Boston” was a badge of honor for hit new Broadway shows — the ACLU of Massachusetts has fought government censorship in the Commonwealth and defended the constitutional right to express unpopular opinions. We have been especially interested in...

www.aclum.org

 

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[ElectroMan]

Y'all better educate y'all kids. We know most won't and rely on school for history though

 

[Loose]

Of course florida was the pilot program for everything republicans want to do nation wide. c00ns who said trump is no different than democrats should be ashamed.

 

[Remote]

Things the Nazis did:

Banned books
Erased history
Blamed foreigners

Round and round we go, Jack...