Black history 'Underground Railroad' forms across US after DeSantis, others ban books - eviltoast

Educators, lawmakers, activists and faith leaders have launched efforts to teach Black history after a crackdown on more inclusive lesson plans.

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    1 year ago

    Considering the books can be legally sold and purchased by the public, it is hardly a book ban.

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        1 year ago

        Deciding what reading material is available in schools has been a thing ever since the invention of schools. I bet there is material even you would support not offering in schools.

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          What a lacklustre straw man. Look, I can completely ignore context too!

          The Disney movie “Ruby Bridges” (banned) and the Anarchist Cookbook (also banned) are way totally completely equally deserving of a ban in schools.

          Here’s the synopsis of the banned movie, btw:

          This film presents the real-life tale of young Ruby Bridges (Chaz Monet), one of the first African-American children to attend an integrated school in the Deep South. At only age 6, Ruby is selected to attend an all-white school in New Orleans, causing an uproar in the racially divided region. Among the people who try to help Ruby adjust to the tense situation are teacher Barbara Henry (Penelope Ann Miller) and Dr. Robert Coles (Kevin Pollak), a child psychiatrist.

          Both banned, therefore exactly the same. Yup.

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      You’re splitting hairs about whether it’s a ban in order to justify removing items from the curriculum at the insistence of racists.

      You’re making excuses for people who burn books in the hopes that their movement will persist long enough that they can burn people.

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      You gotta realize, the leftist demand for hate outstripes the supply, so they have to redefine words like ban