Nearly 1,600 individual books were challenged or removed in libraries and schools in 2021, the highest number since the American Library Association started tracking bans 30 years ago.
by a Seattle-area school board earlier this year for its use of the N-word and what some community members see as an antiquated portrayal of racial issues. removed 41 books from library shelves
Some view this new front of the culture war as a symptom of America's one-size-fits-all education system, which forces parents to send their kids to certain public schools for seemingly arbitrary reasons like the zip code where they reside, as opposed to the educational values they aspire to. Bookshelves of library books stand reflected in the media center of the Newfield Elementary School on August 31, 2020 in Stamford, Connecticut.
"Everybody gets to do that, rather than everybody has to be put into an arena to battle for control of a single school."While battles over book bans have mostly brewed at the local and state level, First Lady Jill Biden chimed in on the issue last week.
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