It's National Banned Books Week and organizations throughout San Diego are bringing attention to book censorship in schools and libraries. It comes after a North County school district closed its libraries for a book audit.
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"This is a social action issue all over the country, and people don't seem to understand the gravity of this situation," said Rene Tarver with the North San Diego County Alumnae Chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Many of the books being challenged aim to erase uncomfortable, but important American history she said,"Eventually there will be no history except what people tell us happened, that didn't happen."throughout the week on book censorship, specifically,"what banned books are about, what options people have ... because you can fight censorship," Tarver said.
"The opposition to this is a well organized machine ... we've been reactionary. We want to not be reactionary," she said."We want an educated community and we want the community to know how they can fight back." that forbids"book bans" in schools. It also prohibits school boards from banning instructional materials based on racial or LGBTQ+ topics.
He stated that a book containing sexually explicit material was in one of the school libraries. The title of that book found in one of the K-8 schools was not provided.I love hearing from the community and listening to what's important to you. No story is too small. If it matters to you, more than likely it matters to somebody else too.
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