![]() ![]() What does it say about an elected official that he would want books about students’ legal rights taken out of school libraries? Who considers it dangerous for kids to know their rights? Withholding information from students about their rights is incredibly unethical. These are titles like The Legal Atlas of the United States, Teen Legal Rights, Gender Equality and Identity Rights (Foundations of Democracy), Equal Rights, We the Students: Supreme Court Sases for and About Students, and Peaceful Rights for Equal Rights. ![]() To be clear, I’m not even counting books about reproductive rights or your rights as an LGBTQ person in particular. Of all the things to teach in school or for kids to have access to, this is one of the most important. Perhaps the most disturbing trend I saw in this list is the challenging of books that teach students their rights. (The format of “Title : subtitle” is common in library records, but not in most other places.) Where did these books in particular come from, and what’s really on it? I went through all 850 books to find out, and I found some interesting and unsettling things. It’s a bizarre assortment of titles, formatted in a way that suggests it’s copy-and-pasted from library listings. ![]() I cannot overstate what a weird, jumbled mess this list is, and after considering it seriously, I can conclusively say it should not be taken seriously.Įver since I saw this list, I’ve been itching to dig into it. ![]() Over at Book Riot, Danika Ellis ploughed through Matt Krause’s entire list of questionable books. ![]()
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