Posted on Feb 11, 2022

Wave of book bans strikes U.S. How local librarians and book lovers are responding

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel

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Sara Strite says she would rather not stand in front of Kent School District headquarters in the rain at 7 a.m.

But she'll do it if it means keeping books in school libraries.

Strite is part of a group of parents, educators, and community members that have pushed district officials to examine a school official's decision to break protocol and remove two LGBTQ+ books from Cedar Heights Middle School's library.

In early December, the principal at Cedar Heights removed the young adult novels Jack of Hearts (And Other Parts) by L.C. Rosen and If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo, after a student brought the books to her attention.

After a challenge from Cedar Heights Librarian Gavin Downing, with support from activists like Strite, the books have been returned to the shelves. As of January 9, the district is no longer reviewing the books.

Wave of book bans strikes U.S. How local librarians and book lovers are responding

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PO2 Marco Monsalve

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Just plain unashamed hypocrisy to on the one hand clamor about "cancel culture" and then turn around and do the exact same thing with the banning of books. I believe China and N. Korea do a great job of banning literature they don't want to see, perhaps that is the system to which these book banners aspire.

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