Former President Barack Obama wrote a letter defending LGBTQ+ books in children’s schools and public libraries as Republican-led states move to restrict them amid growing concern from parents.
It’s no coincidence that these “banned books” are often written by or feature people of color, indigenous people, and members of the LGBTQ+ community — though there have also been unfortunate instances in which books by conservative authors or books containing “triggering” words or scenes have been targets for removal. Either way, the impulse seems to be to silence, rather than engage, rebut, learn from or seek to understand views that don’t fit our own.
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis was at the center of controversy when he signed the Parental Rights in Education Law, which prohibits school employees or third parties from providing instruction on the aforementioned topics. in March. “In Florida, pornographic and inappropriate materials that have been snuck into our classrooms and libraries to sexualize our students violate our state education standards.”that, of the 175 books removed from schools across Florida, 87 percent contained pornographic, violent, or inappropriate content for their grade level.
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