Also on the list of books being challenged: “Gender Queer: A Memoir,” 'All Boys Aren't Blue,' and Rupi Kaur's 'Milk and Honey.'
who said it contained “Inappropriate content including: Sexual content, violence including rape, murder, human sacrifice, misogyny, homophobia, discrimination, and other inappropriate content,” though the complaint was eventually withdrawn. But there were additional challenges in Februrary that said “it is a map to slavery, incest, sex between donkey and women, misogyny, murder, pedophilia you name it, it’s in there.
Regardless of where the guidance did, or did not, come from, the fact that the very books that encourage young people to learn about the past, the systemic oppression of people of color, or the ability to explore sexuality have been “challenged” is entirely by design. It’s also part of a larger conservative effort to incite moral panic around ideas of liberation and equality, and to reinvent the school curriculum that paints their own political and religious views in a positive light.
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