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#BookBans

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fulanigirl

#BookBans #Theatre # DMV #BlackMastodon #BlackTwitter
Censorship and book bans are a thing for the MAGA crowd. Here in the DMV there's a new play called BAD BOOKS at the Roundhouse Theatre in Bethesda, MD. Its about the unforeseen consequences of a mother trying to get a book banned and the librarian who lent it to her son fired.
Good story telling. It runs until May 4th.
roundhousetheatre.org/on-stage

www.roundhousetheatre.orgExploreRound House is a theatre for everyone. We enrich our community through bold, outstanding experiences that inspire empathy and demand conversation.
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petersuber

Update. "Gone is 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,' Maya Angelou’s transformative best-selling 1970 memoir chronicling her struggles with racism and trauma. Two copies of 'Mein Kampf' by Adolf Hitler are still on the shelves."
nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/poli

@johnismay reports these and many other examples that would strain credulity even in a B movie.

Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy can check out copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler but not “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou.
The New York Times · Who’s In and Who’s Out at the Naval Academy’s Library?Par John Ismay
#BookBans#Books#Censorship
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William Lindsey :toad:

“These demands to remove and restrict books and other library materials are not the result of any grassroots or popular sentiment,” read the ALA’s 2025 State of America’s Libraries report, published on Monday. “The majority of book censorship attempts are now originating from well-funded, organised groups and movements long dedicated to curbing access to information and ideas.”

#BookBans #libraries #education #diversity #DEI #censorship #schools
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William Lindsey :toad:

"72% of demands to censor books were initiated by pressure groups, government entities and elected officials, board members and administrators, reported the American Library Association (ALA). Just 16% of ban attempts were made by parents, while 5% were brought forward by individual library users."

~ Ella Creamer

#BookBans #libraries #education #diversity #DEI #censorship #schools
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theguardian.com/books/2025/apr

The Guardian · Majority of attempts to ban books in US come from organised groups, not parentsPar Ella Creamer
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Bongolian

Rainesford Stauffer: Being a librarian was already hard. Then came the #tRump administration: Already facing burnout and book bans, librarians face a ‘catastrophe’ for institutions deemed central to democracy

#libraries #bookbans #censorship #information
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · Being a librarian was already hard. Then came the Trump administrationPar Guardian staff reporter
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William Lindsey :toad:

Robert P. Jones reports that his book White Too Long has been removed from holdings of the prestigious library of the US Naval Academy. He writes:

"This defilement of a respected academic institution by those who are waging an outright assault on higher education is, disturbingly, the goal. Honor and integrity are inconvenient stumbling blocks on the road to absolute power."

#Trump #Hegseth #BookBans #libraries #education #history #whitewashing #censorship
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whitetoolong.net/p/my-book-whi

White Too Long by Robert P. Jones · My Book, "White Too Long," Banned from US Naval AcademyPar Robert P. Jones
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Miguel Afonso Caetano

"After years of right-wing pressure campaigns to ban books, there’s a predictability to the Trump White House targeting libraries, said Chelsea Heinbach, a teaching and learning librarian in Las Vegas and one of the creators of the resource site The Librarian Parlor.

We tend to take them for granted, but there’s something quietly radical about even the idea of a library and the intellectual freedom these local institutions inspire, she said.

Public libraries are critical cornerstones of democracy, equipping people with critical thinking and information literacy skills while ensuring equitable access to information and education.

“Providing these services with no upfront cost to all citizens regardless of their race, gender, citizenship status, or other demographic has become an inherently radical act, and it is for that reason that libraries are being targeted,” Heinbach said."

huffpost.com/entry/librarians-

HuffPost · Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration. They Think You Should Be, Too.Par Brittany Wong
#USA#Trump#Libraries
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petersuber

𝗧𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱: Moms for Liberty removing books from elementary school libraries for age-inappropriate discussions of sex

𝗪𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱: Defense Department removing books from the US Naval Academy library for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion

apnews.com/article/military-ac

AP News · Naval Academy removes nearly 400 books from library in new DEI purge ordered by Hegseth's officePar Lolita Baldor
#BookBans#Books#Censorship
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nuagezero

Each year during the American Library Association’s “Banned Books Week,” librarians display famous books that have been challenged in the past as well as the most frequently challenged books in the present day. This book-centric approach seems to be the standard. By focusing on the books themselves, however, do librarians tacitly concede that these books are indeed controversial?

inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.or

www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.orgRethinking Banned Books Exhibits in the Library – In the Library with the Lead Pipe
#censorship#bookbans#usa
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azteclady

Via Kelly Jensen: "South Carolina State Board of Education members question the mechanisms giving one person power to ban books state wide and table the decision to remove 10 more titles from schools. This is an outcome that wasn't expected, and the feedback many of the SC BOE members gave was really, really good. Some have figured out they've become a tool of an agenda (though they say it much more diplomatically)."

#Libraries #SouthCarolina #BookBans

bookriot.com/south-carolina-po

BOOK RIOT · South Carolina Postpones Vote on Banning 10 Books StatewideSouth Carolina State Board of Education members question the mechanisms giving one person power to ban books state wide and table the decision to remove 10 more titles from schools.
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infoDOCKET

Statement: PEN America, ACLU of South Carolina Express Alarm Over More Pending Statewide School Book Bans pen.org/press-release/pen-amer
#bookbans #libraries #books @penamerica

PEN AmericaPEN America, ACLU of South Carolina Express Alarm Over More Pending Statewide School Book Bans - PEN AmericaPEN America and the ACLU of South Carolina raised alarm today over the potential banning of ten more books statewide in S.C. public schools on April 1.The book titles are largely for young adult readers by women and LGBTQ+ authors that focus on diverse groups or difficult real-world topics. In an initial vote earlier this month, a review committee unanimously recommended the titles be banned statewide. A final vote on the recommendations is scheduled for Tuesday at 1PM ET by the state Board of Education.
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