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Conversations for weeks on end, they still pursued the ban. >> i dont want to learn a white-washed version of history. i want to hear all of it. >> teachers also say they are worried about broader implications. >> i have to now with this resource ban think twice about whether or not i should or could use a james baldwin quote as an opening for my class. >> there are teachers looking over their shoulders wondering if someones going to be at their door darkening their door, that you said something...

>> reporter: like from the movie. >> yeah. >> reporter: a kids version of the book from the movie. >> yeah. >> reporter: its frustrating for the students. >> this is a board that after hearing their students concerns about diversity in the district, hearing my struggles with race being an indian american and consistently feeling like i didnt belong, after all those conversations for weeks on end they still pursued this book ban. i want to learn genuine history. i dont want to learn a whitewashed...

About how we feel because no one was worried about the members of the community felt. >> reporter: the ban called school librarians to pull the books from the shelves. >> and i have to now with this resource ban think twice about whether or not i should or could use a james baldwin quote as an opening for my class. >> there are teachers looking over their shoulders wondering if someone will be at their door, darkening their door, that you said something or you mentioned something or you used som...

Hearing their students concerns about diversity in the district, hearing my struggles with race, being an indian-american, consistently feeling like i didnt belong, after all those conversations for weeks on end, they still pursued this book ban. >> once you learn genuine history, i dont want to learn a white washed version. i want to hear all of it. i dont want to -- i dont want everyone to be worried about how we feel, because no one was worried about how bipoc members of the community felt. >...