A Florida school has pulled the poem read at Joe Biden’s inauguration
“Book bans aren’t new,” Gorman says in her statement. “But they have been on the rise—according to the ALA, 40% more books were challenged in 2022 compared to 2021. What’s more, often all it takes to remove these works from our libraries and schools is a single objection.”Parent-driven organization Florida Freedom to Read Project gave a record of the complaint, reportedly filed in March, to the Miami—which first reported the story.
Records show that the complainant, Daily Salinas, mother of two students at Bob Graham, challenged the books for their content on critical race theory, gender ideology, “indirect hate messages” and “indoctrination.” Salinas told theshe “is not for eliminating or censoring books,” but calls for their content to be appropriate.Bob Graham’s school materials review committee met on April 5 to discuss the books.
In February, Martin County School District removed 80 books from their libraries for sexual and racial content, TCPalm. And last week, Penguin Random House—Gorman’s publisher, along with PEN America and other authors, filed a federal lawsuit against Escambia County School District for removing and restricting access to 10 other library books related to race or sexual identity.
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