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TEXARKANA, Texas -- The Texarkana Independent School District is conducting a review of 58 of its library books after receiving a state inquiry investigating a specific list of books for potentially inappropriate material.
TEXARKANA, Texas -- The Texarkana Independent School District is conducting a review of 58 of its library books after receiving a state inquiry investigating a specific list of books for potentially inappropriate material.
Stories, some books that are about racism. >> the list includes "new kid," a graphic novel about a black kid's struggle about fitting in a white majority. the will thor "q," queer writer notes" and "the cider house rules" about abortions. governor abbott has taken this further ordering an investigation after complaints about two lbgtq books that he said had pornographic. >> i've never experienced like that before where a government agency or any kind of government entity was interested in specifically what kinds of books were in the library. >> the texas library association is traditionally a ...
A 1982 dispute involving a local school board offers plenty of parallels to the latest wave of book challenges involving race and gender.
<p>Republican Matt Krause, who is running for state Attorney General, intends to ask school districts about whether they carry copies of about 850 books dealing with racism and sexuality. </p>