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By Aziah Siid and Maya Pottiger | Word In Black - Legislation to strip Black and LGBTQ+ literature from schools has spread nationwide, and free speech advocates are fighting back against the bans by providing access to free books and joining boards that work to protect intellectual materials.
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Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books, gave schools a choice this year to opt in or out of its diversity collection called, “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice.”
Universal Images Group via Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA) -- The decision by children’s book publisher Scholastic to create a separate, optional section for its elementary school book fairs for titles written predominantly by and about people of color and LGBTQ people is meeting resistance from groups that oppose book bans. The news comes as attempts to ban books spike across the country and as dozens of states continue to implement policies that restrict how the subjects of race, gender and sexual orientation are discussed in schools. “Because Scholastic Book Fairs are invited into sc...
Universal Images Group via Getty Images(TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA) -- The decision by children’s book publisher Scholastic to create a separate, optional section for its elementary school book fairs for titles written predominantly by and about people of color and LGBTQ people is meeting resistance from groups that oppose book bans. The news comes as attempts to ban books spike across the country and as dozens of states continue to implement policies that restrict how the subjects of race, gender and sexual orientation are discussed in schools. “Because Scholastic Book Fairs are invited into sc...