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Democrats argued the measures are a de facto book ban, and a redundant effort to exclude content by and for marginalized communities.
The company was faulted for the practice, which it said was an effort to help schools navigate new laws restricting books about racism and L.G.B.T.Q. identities.
The publisher had said it would segregate books with themes on race and gender at school fairs in order to navigate a rash of bans across the country.
Scholastic faced backlash for putting books dealing with race, gender and sexuality in their own optional category for middle school book fairs. It's now apologizing and working to reverse course.
The Scholastic Book Fair is discontinuing a separate catalog of books on race and gender after facing backlash over its contribution to censorship.