Brooklyn Public Library Now Offers Free Access to Banned Books for Teens Nationwide
have enacted book bans, creating an alarming domino effect of censorship nationwide. More than 1,000 titles, most of which tell the stories of LGBTQ+ people and people of color, have been barred from classrooms. But Brooklyn Public Library , one of the country’s largest libraries, is standing up for the right to read., BPL’s new teen-led initiative, allows every young person in the United States between the ages of 13 and 21 to apply for a free library card.
“Intellectual freedom should be given to everyone,” Raisa Islam, a 16-year-old member of the Brooklyn Public Library Council, told“When we were young children, the stories that we are given are so sugar-coated, and as we’re growing up, the real world is like a smack to the face because we’re not prepared for it,” she continued. “The books that do prepare for it, they’re taken away from [students]. They are banned.
Since the campaign’s launch, about 3,000 teens have applied for a card via a letter to BPL’s email address,
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