Attempts to Ban Books Are Accelerating and Becoming More Divisive

[Demovictory9]

https://dnyuz.com/2022/09/16/attempts-to-ban-books-are-accelerating-and-becoming-more-divisive/

Attempts to ban books are accelerating across the country at a rate never seen since tracking began more than 20 years ago, according to a new report from the American Library Association.

So far in 2022, there have been attempts to ban or restrict access to 1,651 different titles, the group found, up from challenges to 1,597 books in 2021, the year with the highest number of complaints since the group began documenting book challenges decades ago.


Book banning efforts have grown rapidly in number and become much more organized, divisive and vitriolic over the past two years, splitting communities, causing bitter rifts on school and library boards, and spreading across the country through social media and political campaigns.


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Books that focus on L.G.B.T.Q. or Black characters have been targeted most often, the association said, with Maia Kobabe’s “Gender Queer” the most frequently challenged book in the country. A debut graphic novel, the book is about coming out as nonbinary. It includes depictions of sexual experiences, masturbation and menstrual blood.

[walkingman]

1. This crazy right-wing BS reminds me of the middle 60's more every day.

Never underestimate nasty white people.

[doc03]

3. Who was it that said if fascism ever came to the USA

It would holding a bible and wrapped in the flag.

[rockbluff botanist]

6. Sinclair Lewis

Sinclar Lewis said, ‘WHEN FASCISM COMES TO AMERICA, IT WILL BE WRAPPED IN THE FLAG AND CARRYING A CROSS’?

[doc03]

2. I honestly think if we banned the bible this world

be better off.

[walkingman]

4. I think so - it took me most of my life to finally come to that conclusion. I was indoctrinated

as a child but living through the Civil Rights struggles of the 60's in the deep South and results of the religion/GOP joining in the post Reagan world. It became apparent to me it was about control and personal greed. Mega Churches, Evangelical televangelists, and the political nastiness of the church convinced me that it was a major part of our world-wide issues.

It would be nice if there were real "sky gods"!

[KentuckyWoman]

5. There is explicit sex in the bible. Lots of murder too.

They have prostitutes and torture and kidnapping and murder and cow worship... you name it.

Get that out of our schools then come talk to me.