L.A. County Library launches 'Books Unbanned' card
A new state law will fine schools that ban books based solely on race, gender, or other identity groups. It also allows the state to buy textbooks and other instruction materials for school districts that aren’t following California’s anti-discrimination laws. The school district would then have to pay for those replacements.Assemblymember Dr. Corey Jackson introduced the bill in February in response to national movement in banning certain books.
Assemblymember Dr. Corey Jackson introduced the bill in February. He said he was inspired to act after seeing book bans take effect in Florida; he said he felt it was only a matter of time until the debate came to California. “California continues to portray itself as some progressive state,” he said. “But I grew up here in the Inland Empire that has deep history of racism, oppression, redlining — and we know that there are still areas within the Inland Empire that still reflects that past.”voted to reject state-approved social studies textbooks
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