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Texas school district agrees to remove ‘Anne Frank’s Diary,’ ‘Maus’ and 670 other books after right-wing group’s complaint (forward.com)

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Conservative activists, led by a local pastor and outspoken Israel advocate, pushed the district, Mission CISD, to excise books mostly about gender, sexuality and race. Their demands represented an extreme version of a nationwide culture war over books that has played out in recent years — and ensnared a number of books with Jewish themes.

In Mission, the long list of books on the chopping block includes a recent illustrated adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary; both volumes of Art Spiegelman’s Holocaust graphic memoir “Maus”; “The Fixer,” Bernard Malamud’s novel about a historical instance of antisemitic blood libel; and “Kasher in the Rye,” a ribald memoir by Jewish comedian Moshe Kasher.

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[-] hsdkfr734r@feddit.nl 45 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is really hard to believe. I don't doubt that it happened. I just don't get the thought process behind that action.

[-] paysrenttobirds@sh.itjust.works 36 points 2 months ago

Typically, a school district would require book challengers to go through a formal challenge process in which each individual book would be assessed for merit. Instead, five minutes after receiving the demands, Perez agreed to them.

It's easy if you don't give a shit.

[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Republicans are usually some combo of ignorant fucking morons, straight up evil, financially motivated, or fascist. Get these people together and it's basically a poker table of grifters conspiring for whatever their awful agenda may be. Add the leveraging of children's education, fear, ignorance on the books themselves.. you've got it.