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children. brown girl dreaming is on the example of that, it s an age-appropriate book of race that examines the black experience of the young girl, talking with the black experience isn t critical race theory. the central tenet of the velshi banned book club is that there is never an excuse to hinder access to a book from a person who wants to read it. sometimes we explore interesting and insightful arguments to censor books. miss attribution to sierra tea is not one of those reasons. a school board, lawmaker, or parent takes aim at a book, the prestigious the text is likely irrelevant to them. it s worth noting just how decorated brown girl dreaming is. winning the national book award for young people s literature in 2014, as well as the coretta scott king award, and breonna roared, and the double see perhaps the greatest distinction of mull, the author, jacqueline woodson, has been named young peoples poet laureate from 2015 until 2017. right after the break, i m
same number of attempts to censor books and that s from the american library association. so it is certainly part of a much broader effort. wow. yeah. and really troubling. tim stelloh, thank you for joining us, and reporting on this. coming up in our next hour, everybody, many consider him the greatest to ever play. quarterback tom brady retiring from the nfl after 22 seasons. his impact on the national culture and reaction from a former player who played alongside the legend. also, that winter weather blast bearing down on the northeast. live reports from the hardest hit region plus when they could see some relief. i ll give you a winter prediction. it s going to be cold. it s going to be gray. and it s going to last you for the rest of your life. to last r to last r the rest of your life.