A school district in Florida has removed a children's book on Latino baseball Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente to see if it complies with a new state law limiting discussions about race, Axios has confirmed.
— which holds that racism is baked into the formation of the nation and ingrained in our legal, financial and education systems — was developed in law schools in the 1970s and 1980s and isn't really taught in grade school.said the Clemente book is one of 176 pulled by Duval County Public Schools since last year.
Others include "Barbed Wire Baseball: How One Man Brought Hope to the Japanese Internment Camps of WWII," by Marissa Moss and Yuko Shimizu.by Matt Tavares, and "My Two Dads and Me," by Michael Joosten and Izak Zenou, were also pulled from Duval County Public Schools.The Clemente book references the racism the Black Puerto Rican player faced in the U.S. — something well documented in his interviews and biographies.
Rosado said the book is an inspiration for the majority Black and Latino student population in Duval County schools and should be placed back on the shelves.
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