Several books included in the supposed 'anti-woke banned book list' are recommended reading in Florida classrooms. The account that shared the image later said the post was satirical.
The list featured 25 popular books, including Harper Lee’s"To Kill a Mockingbird," Alice Walker’s"The Color Purple" and Madeleine L’Engle’s"A Wrinkle in Time.""books we have taught for generations," alongside the list. She later said she should have"double-checked" before sharing.— amassing more than 100,000 likes and 24,000 retweets.
"The image is fake," said Bryan Griffin, DeSantis' press secretary."There is no banned book list at the state level. The state sets guidelines regarding content, and the local school districts are responsible for enforcing them.", or B.E.S.T., standards recommend several of the books included in the"anti-woke" list.
By PEN America’s count, Florida ranked third in the U.S. for books banned by schools from July 2021 to March 2022, trailing only Texas and Pennsylvania.
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