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“Let’s Focus on What Kids Need – Books that Engage and Challenge Them.” post written by William Rodick. 8 November 2023. (https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/lets-focus-on-what-kids-need-books-that-engage-and-challenge-them/ – last viewed 11/17/2023)
My whole life has been centered around intellectual property and intellectual services: programming, writing, websites, taxes, editing, painting, embroidery. The list goes on. My business and the businesses I have worked for, small and large, require free dissemination of information. Book Bans actively harm my business.
Plus banning books just hurts. Hurts me as a reader. Hurts our children. Hurts our society.
Especially when the banned books are chosen because they present uncomfortable truths.
We must stop this censorship. When you vote this year, pick the school board carefully. Pick the school administrators and the board of education carefully. And make sure your legislative and executive representatives understand banning books is not acceptable.
WRITING EXERCISE: Write a letter to a local school board member or your legislator(s), letting them know how you feel about book censorship.
For an area that actively celebrates banned book week (and tells the kiddos to read banned books), we’re just as prone to falling into these same traps. It’s scary how things are going.
The reasoning for banning books makes sense – protect developing minds until they can make decisions. Some slopes are more slippery than others; some start out as sheer ice.