Critical Race theory reminds Chinese Lady of Mao's cultural revolution

[h.h.]

damn i was right again;


A school board in Tennessee voted unanimously this month to ban “Maus,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust, from being taught in its classrooms because the book contains material that board members said was inappropriate for students.
According to minutes of its meeting, the 10-person board, in McMinn County, Tenn., voted on Jan. 10 to remove the book from the eighth-grade curriculum. Members of the board said the book, which portrays Jews as mice and Nazis as cats in recounting the author’s parents’ experience during the Holocaust, contained inappropriate curse words and a depiction of a naked character.
“There is some rough, objectionable language in this book,” said Lee Parkison, the director of schools for McMinn County, in eastern Tennessee, according to minutes of the meeting.
Art Spiegelman, the author of “Maus,” said he was baffled by the decision. “This is disturbing imagery,” he said in an interview on Thursday, which is Holocaust Remembrance Day. “But you know what? It’s disturbing history.”




On Thursday, Granbury ISD confirmed it has pulled 130 titles from school libraries in the district to be reviewed by a committee for inappropriate conduct.

The district began removing books from shelves earlier this month. According to a statement sent to WFAA from Granbury ISD, the board of trustees voted to amend district policy to allow for the removal of “materials because they are pervasively vulgar or based solely upon the educational suitability of the resource in question."

On Thursday, Granbury ISD confirmed it has pulled 130 titles from school libraries in the district to be reviewed by a committee for inappropriate conduct.

The district began removing books from shelves earlier this month. According to a statement sent to WFAA from Granbury ISD, the board of trustees voted to amend district policy to allow for the removal of “materials because they are pervasively vulgar or based solely upon the educational suitability of the resource in question."




"State Rep. Matt Krause is the legislator who sent a list of 850 books to the Texas Education Agency to be removed from school libraries. A vast number of books on the list are about racism, the LGBTQ+ community and gender identity. Gov. Greg Abbott has also backed this effort, writing multiple letters to state education groups and leaders urging them to "protect" students from content he referred to as "pornographic"."




fascists concern trolling about vulgarity in books is just an excuse to try and ban stuff they don't like

There’s no other books about the holocaust?

 

[armedoldhippy]

There’s no other books about the holocaust?

sure there are. they'll get around to them eventually. and a bunch of other stuff you won't believe...

 

[Hempy McNoodle]

The one good thing about these book bans is the books that are getting banned are flying off the shelves in record numbers as sales are driven up by folks wanting to know what the kerfuffle is all about.

Let them find out

 

[Cannavore]

banning books of any kind is bad. if you disagree you're a fucking patty melt.

 

[Cannavore]

Let them find out

similar to joe useless idiot rogan losing $4 billion in like a week for spotify eh? lol

 

[h.h.]

Who is banning books? The book was taken out of the 8th grade curriculum. Try to keep up. Some didn’t feel making 8th graders read books with nudity and curse words was appropriate. It is no longer forced reading. Big difference.

 

[shithawk420]

Heh when I was in jail they meinkumph and other " banned" books.they are there if you know where to find them

 

[h.h.]

Heh when I was in jail they meinkumph and other " banned" books.they are there if you know where to find them

I can get meinkumph on Amazon. Same with Maus. Free speech is not being infringed upon. There is no right to publication or to promotion. The only question is if our children should be exposed to profanity or nudity? I personally don’t see the harm when it’s limited and it isn’t the primary focus. Others do and I have to respect their rights in raising their kids.

 

[shithawk420]

I can get meinkumph on Amazon. Same with Maus. Free speech is not being infringed upon. There is no right to publication or to promotion. The only question is if our children should be exposed to profanity or nudity? I personally don’t see the harm when it’s limited and it isn’t the primary focus. Others do and I have to respect their rights in raising their kids.

Woah dude.i wasn't saying children should be exposed to that.i was merely saying that I've read " banned" books in jail.like the powers of ten or whatever the fuck it's called.i. Was exposed to WW2 vids by my grandmother so I'm not the normal kid.honestly what age should a kid be exposed to the Holocaust? Shit is getting real.a buddy of mine just died of covid.luckily I live in the country and am mostly reclusive.shit I was 8 when I got my first nudy magazine

 

[h.h.]

Woah dude.i wasn't saying children should be exposed to that.i was merely saying that I've read " banned" books in jail.like the powers of ten or whatever the fuck it's called.i. Was exposed to WW2 vids by my grandmother so I'm not the normal kid.honestly what age should a kid be exposed to the Holocaust? Shit is getting real.a buddy of mine just died of covid.luckily I live in the country and am mostly reclusive.shit I was 8 when I got my first nudy magazine

Not trying to put words in your mouth. Just commenting on the subject. Nudy magazines were common when I was a kid. I didn’t see the harm other than maybe believing Hugh Hefner wasn’t a creep.

 

[shithawk420]

Not trying to put words in your mouth. Just commenting on the subject. Nudy magazines were common when I was a kid. I didn’t see the harm other than maybe believing Hugh Hefner wasn’t a creep.

Lol it's all good.im a WW2 buff so I have a different view.im a prodigy but normal kids don't need to know certain things.my dad was a big drug dealer and my grandpa won an Emmy.so yeah I e been. Exposed to the world

 

[audiohi]

Not trying to put words in your mouth. Just commenting on the subject. Nudy magazines were common when I was a kid. I didn’t see the harm other than maybe believing Hugh Hefner wasn’t a creep.

Knows full well kids have always had access to actual porn, but argues that parents are concerned about a drawing of a nude mouse.

 

[audiohi]

Who is banning books? The book was taken out of the 8th grade curriculum. Try to keep up. Some didn’t feel making 8th graders read books with nudity and curse words was appropriate. It is no longer forced reading. Big difference.

https://www.salon.com/2022/01/28/the...ing-educators/

The critics were right: "Critical race theory" panic is just a cover for silencing educators

Republicans said they wouldn't ban books or erase history — but that is exactly what they're doing​

In Williamson County, Tennessee, Moms for Liberty — a laughably false name for this pro-censorship group — tried to ban 31 books. It's not hard to detect the history they're trying to erase. Books that were targeted include "Martin Luther King, Jr. and the March on Washington," "We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball," and "Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation." A couple of books about Greek mythology were also tossed on the list because heaven forbid kids learn about lost religions and start to ask hard questions about existing ones. Of the challenged books, one was outright banned — Newberry winner "Walk Two Moons," which clearly offends by humanizing Native Americans. Seven other books are being hobbled with "restrictions" on what parts of the book kids are allowed to read. Targeted for censorship: Admitting that male seahorses nurture their young, a book that says it's okay to have feelings, a book about the fight to desegregate schools, a book about how it's okay for boys to like poetry, and a book that features interracial relationships.

 

['Boogieman']

I Don't agree with banning books. kids these days use their cellphones and tablets anyways to find whatever they want. I remember looking at weed picks on this very sight using the schools computer room.

 

[Hempy McNoodle]

banning books of any kind is bad. if you disagree you're a fucking patty melt.

It's not like it is a national ban. They are being removed from public schools because they are inappropriate (we are told). What is far more concerning is censorship in the public realm. How would you feel if Hempy wrote a book called The Great Awakening for kids and teachers started pushing it on students (which they should ). I bet you'd be ReeEEing and screaming to "BAN THAT BOOK!!!

 

[armedoldhippy]

It's not like it is a national ban. They are being removed from public schools because they are inappropriate (we are told). What is far more concerning is censorship in the public realm. How would you feel if Hempy wrote a book called The Great Awakening for kids and teachers started pushing it on students (which they should ). I bet you'd be ReeEEing and screaming to "BAN THAT BOOK!!!

good luck finding a teacher that tone-deaf. you do know that they went to school, right? i'm sure you might find a couple in Oklahoma, Alabama or someplace like that who would agree with you.

 

[armedoldhippy]

Who is banning books? The book was taken out of the 8th grade curriculum. Try to keep up. Some didn’t feel making 8th graders read books with nudity and curse words was appropriate. It is no longer forced reading. Big difference.

it was a drawing, not a photograph. no worse, i bet, than what the kids draw on bathroom walls, or hear at home or on the bus/playground...or reading Dad's Playboy or Hustler...at HOME. you are not going to find a kid that sheltered anywhere on this continent outside of a home-schooled kid in Utah among the Mormons probably...

 

[Hempy McNoodle]

good luck finding a teacher that tone-deaf. you do know that they went to school, right? i'm sure you might find a couple in Oklahoma, Alabama or someplace like that who would agree with you.

Well, when I was in school, they didn't have books encouraging me to explore my sexuality. They had sex ed (and that was fine). And, they aren't even about exploring ones sexuality in general, they are about encouraging adolescents to explore homo sexuality. So, to me they are hypersexualizing kids and trying to encourage them to be gay or anything but hetero. And, of course they would, because school is borne out of the Eugenics movement and the primary concern of Eugenecists is human population growth and reproduction. So, of course they want the kids to be sexually non reproductive (homosexual or anything but heterosexual). If a kid is homosexual and wants to explore that, it is non of my business, but it just pushes the stereotype that teachers just want to fuck the kids. That is why it was always understood that they should provide sex education and teach reproductive science and health, but limit it to just those areas because of the ethics (risks) of sexual abuse and exploitation within the school system. How would you feel if catholic priests encouraged kids to explore their homosexuality??

 

[Hempy McNoodle]

To Kill a Mockingbird has been taken out of the curriculum in many schools for political reasons. The reason given is because of the N word. But, I noticed that the "banning" started around the time that Brett Kavanaugh was baselessly accused of being a gang rapist and the 'believe all woman' movement emerged. So, I figured it was pulled because it is about a white woman making false rape allegations against a black man in the democrat controlled south...

 

[GOT_BUD?]

I can get meinkumph on Amazon. Same with Maus. Free speech is not being infringed upon. There is no right to publication or to promotion. The only question is if our children should be exposed to profanity or nudity? I personally don’t see the harm when it’s limited and it isn’t the primary focus. Others do and I have to respect their rights in raising their kids.

Then by that logic you should be OK with the school banning Donald Duck, because he doesn't wear pants.

The nudity your railing against is a mouse with no clothes on. A MOUSE!