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submitted 9 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Number of book challenges nationwide doubled from 2021 as book ban movement gathers speed in Republican-led states

Texas made the most attempts to ban or restrict books in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association (ALA).

Last year, there were 1,269 documented censorship attempts to restrict 2,571 unique titles – the highest number ever recorded by ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom and double the 729 book challenges made in 2021.

Texas made 93 attempts to restrict access to over 2,300 books.

The book ban movement, has been gaining speed in recent years across the US, particularly in Republican-led states, and is becoming a central theme in religious-political activism. Often the books contain issues related to LGBTQ+ communities or race.

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[-] harpuajim@lemmy.ml 26 points 9 months ago

Book banning. Another thing Nazis and Conservatives have in common.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.one 19 points 9 months ago

Is that a venn diagram or a circle?

Lately I prefer the term "regressives" as I feel it is more accurate than "conservative".

[-] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Calling Republicans conservatives is just factually inaccurate. I've been doing the same for a while now. The current conservative party members are the establishment Democrats.

[-] SmokumJoe@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Fuck Texas. Shitty backwards ass stupid place.

[-] thefartographer@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

Hey! I'm from Texas! And if they'd taught me to read, I'm sure I'd be offended by that second sentence too!

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 13 points 9 months ago

ha, dont tread on us, but we'll be happy to tread on you

remember folks, its not just a slogan, its the rating

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

To kill a mockingbird??

Seriously!

One of the greatest written pieces of literature ever put to paper!

[-] cbarrick@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

No no no. Sorry. We can't let the children read about racism.

[-] the_medium_kahuna@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Librarians and teachers are doing the good work out there. I wish our society (US) would do a better job of recognizing how important they are and just let them do their job without having to deal with all this culture war bullshit

[-] 1chemistdown@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

That’s Texas freedom for you.

[-] Daisyifyoudo@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Hey Patrick! What am I now?

Uhhh...stupid?

No, I'm Texas!

What's the difference?

[-] spider@lemmy.nz 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Once again racing Florida to the bottom.

[-] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Backward degenerates.

[-] Erasmus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Is there a total list somewhere? I know there is a picture of a bunch of books at the top but are these the ones specifically from Texas?

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