The groomers are banning more books and more books, they want to not only control what their children read but also your children. They want to control what your children can say, they want to bring down the education of your children to their level of restraint.
But in other states book bannings are still a hot topic.
You know the kids they might just vote for books that they like and not the books that they “shouldn’t read.”
Shame, shame the children don’t listen to their elders!
We can’t have the kids reading… they might become… liberals! And think for themselves.
Here in Connecticut we have a bill to ban book bannings,New legislation would prohibit banning books in public and school libraries based on content or subjective objections.
The bill, which some are calling ‘a ban on book bans,’ has been introduced in both the Minnesota House and the Minnesota Senate.
“I’ve got three daughters, and my goal as a parent is to make sure they’re critical thinkers, make sure that they can take care of themselves, make sure they can think for themselves, make sure they can challenge when they need to challenge,” said Rep. Cedrick Frazier, DFL-New Hope, the author of the House bill.
“That is how we prepare our kids and our youth for the world. So anytime I see a movement that is about shutting off the very thing, the very ideals that can allow for our kids to be those critical thinkers, for our kids to be the next not only state and regional, and national leaders, but world leaders. I have a problem with that.”
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The American Library Association reports there were 1,247 attempts to censor library materials in 2023, challenging more than 4,200 titles. That’s up around 2,600 titles targeted in the previous year.
Their report says titles representing voices of LGBTQIA+ and Black, Indigenous or People of Color made up 47 percent of the titles targeted by censorship.
Gov. Tim Walz, who strongly backs the bill, said it is an issue he sees no gray area in.
H.B. No. 5417 AN ACT CONCERNING PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES.However, since this is a short session the odds of this passing are slim, but we can listen to the comments about the bill and tweak it for next year.
To require local and regional boards of education to state a reason for removing or restricting access to public school library materials and prohibiting such boards from removing or restricting access to such materials for certain reasons.
But in other states book bannings are still a hot topic.
Allowing students to vote on books is a big No, No for conservatives the students might vote the wrong way for the Republicans.Why Ban Books When You Can Ban Book Awards?: Suburban Illinois District Cancels Caudill Awards
Book Riot
By Kelly Jensen
March 19, 2024Illinois students have the opportunity to vote on their favorite books each year across several different age groups. The most well-known and longest-running is the Rebecca Caudill Awards, which began in 1988.
The Rebecca Caudill Awards are selected by fourth through eighth grade students across the state annually. The books which earn the coveted honor are selected based on both their literary excellence and their appeal to the middle age reading demographic. The award helps to encourage reading for pleasure among tweens and young teens, to develop a statewide list of excellent literature for this age group, and to help develop cooperation and collaboration among schools and libraries statewide.
But for one suburban Chicago school district, the Rebecca Caudill Awards will be no more.
Wadsworth, Illinois, boasts a population of just over 3,000. It is located north of Chicago and parts of the town touch the Wisconsin border. The community school district includes students in neighboring communities, including Lindenhurst and Old Mill Creek. At the most recent school board meeting on March 18, 2024, the Millburn School District 24 Board brought up participation in the Caudill awards. This came a week after the Committee of the Whole, when the elementary media specialist and the middle school media specialist presented on three readers choice awards offered by the state. Joining them was a parent in the district who also works as a media specialist in a nearby district. That parent is a member of the Rebecca Caudill Steering Committee–also known as someone involved in helping make the program a success.
For several minutes, the board argues about whether or not the list is left wing, beginning at minute 1:24:00. The board member complaining noted that he hadn’t read any of the books except one his son brought home, and he felt deeply offended by. He felt it inappropriate to have the book on a list to be celebrated.
The book in question was Stamped: (For Kids) Racism, Antiracism, and You. It appeared on the 2024 Caudill list, and it was a title selected for the award by 5-8th grade students in Illinois.
The never of those students voting for a book that the right-wingers said that they shouldn’t have read!
For several minutes, the board argues about whether or not the list is left wing, beginning at minute 1:24:00. The board member complaining noted that he hadn’t read any of the books except one his son brought home, and he felt deeply offended by. He felt it inappropriate to have the book on a list to be celebrated.
The book in question was Stamped: (For Kids) Racism, Antiracism, and You. It appeared on the 2024 Caudill list, and it was a title selected for the award by 5-8th grade students in Illinois.
Members of the community have put together a petition to draw attention to the ending of this program that encourages reading and participation in the literary arts.
Then down in Florida,
Woe be to those who do not follow the will of the dear leader!
The governor is doubling down on those who defy him!Ron DeSantis’s next chapter in book bans backlash? Blame someone else
The Florida governor has blamed the chaos over legislation he signed on teachers, librarians, political rivals – and now school principals
The Guardian
By Richard Luscombe
March 12, 2024In the two years since Ron DeSantis signed legislation sparking a tidal wave of book-banning in Florida’s classrooms, the Republican governor has blamed the ensuing chaos on a succession of foils – including teachers, librarians, the news media and political opponents.
Now, another group has joined those in his crosshairs: school principals. A proposed new rule by an education standards committee led by a DeSantis loyalist seeks to impose penalties on administrators deemed to have obstructed the state’s view of what students should be reading.
The rule was pitched by Randy Kosec, head of the professional practices office that investigates educator misconduct, earlier this month after the governor requested officials to “fine-tune” the process by which books are challenged in schools.
“This is another scapegoating, but at the end of the day it’s an admission by this administration that they know there’s a problem,” said Katie Blankenship, Florida director of PEN America, which recorded 1,406 book ban incidents in the state in the 2022 school year, 40% of the national total.
“Book bans in our state have spiraled out of control and DeSantis and Diaz know it. Their actual job would be to fix the bill, but using this ‘it’s not our fault’ scapegoating, it’s not addressing the harm the law is doing.”
I had heard stirrings about the bill to ban book banning's in Connecticut but heard nothing from Equality Ct via e-mail about our support of the bill. I also checked to see if they were listed as supporters via testimony. (No) I thought that they were supposed to be the new folks who are "safeguarding" us at the state level after all they do have the mic in their hands. If they are not doing their job then they must give up to others who will. I did get an email today from them and it's all about the next rainbow glitter fluff event they are holding. Is that what has become of LGBT activists?
ReplyDeleteIn all fairness to CT Equality, nobody knew about the bill until after the public hearing.
ReplyDeleteWait, I thought they were the watchdogs for what is happening at the Capitol? Their website more or less states that. Someone is dropping the ball. So, what I am to believe is that everyone except the folks whose books are being banned knew about the bill? I looked over the testimony. This is not the time as you well know for the ball to be dropped when the fascists are using the legal system. Again, I will state if Ct. Equality, Ct. Pride, and the rest who hold the mic then they have a responsibility to our people. If they cannot fore fill the obligation, then please pass on the mic to someone who can. These are dangerous times and we do not need fluff, glitter rainbow cups as that crap never fought off those who hate.
ReplyDeleteNot even a peep never mind a peep peep from Equality Ct. over___
ReplyDeleteA coalition led by the Family Institute of Connecticut and an all-Republican lineup of state lawmakers are pushing for a public hearing on legislation that would restrict the rights of transgender and gender nonconforming students in Connecticut schools.
The Let Kids Be Kids Coalition called on the General Assembly’s Education Committee Wednesday to hold a public hearing on two bills that would require schools to out trans students to their parents and prohibit trans athletes from participating in school sports that match their gender identity.
The proposal comes amid a surge of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation — the ACLU is tracking 400 such bills in 2024. Most call for banning gender-affirming care for minors and barring trans athletes from participating in sports teams matching their gender identity, though many states also have “forced outing in school” proposals. Alison Cross, Hartford Courant Feb. 14, 2024.
Not even a watch dog warning. Amazing really. Back in the day we would be all over this and then some.