Article by TheMarySue: Publishing giant Scholastic has made it easy for white supremacists in the Southern US to censor book fairs, by creating a category of "diverse books" that Scholastic will not send to book fairs if a organizers opt out.
Article by TheMarySue: Publishing giant Scholastic has made it easy for white supremacists in the Southern US to censor book fairs, by creating a category of "diverse books" that Scholastic will not send to book fairs if a organizers opt out.
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fishos@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
Could also be to protect the organizers in that state. Teachers are being arrested for having banned books and it's not improbable to think a teacher might get arrested if the book fair they sponsored had banned books.
Flamingflowerz@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
In the end, itll be the children who suffer unfortunately.
cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y