School board in Dallas-Fort Worth area requires reviewing books facing challenges from parents
Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye is among the books facing challenges.Last modified on Tue 23 Aug 2022 14.19 BST
A Texas school district is scrambling to remove books from its library shelves ahead of the fall semester, after they were challenged by parents and community members. Among the books removed are a graphic novel adaptation of Anne Frank’s diary, Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and the Bible.The move came after the board of the Keller independent school district, in Dallas-Forth Worth’s Tarrant county, set a new policy that called for reviewing books.
In a statement, Keller ISD’s superintendent, Dr Rick Westfall, said the review process was continuing: “We anticipate that books like the Bible, Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation, and other titles will be on shelves very soon. ” Westfall underscored that this was not an outright book ban and said that if the challenged books passed the new standards, “the books will be promptly returned to shelves”.
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