{"id":10401,"date":"2012-08-15T09:47:36","date_gmt":"2012-08-15T16:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=10401"},"modified":"2012-08-21T12:22:08","modified_gmt":"2012-08-21T19:22:08","slug":"you-cant-read-that-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=10401","title":{"rendered":"You Can’t Read That!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You Can’t Read That! is a periodic roundup of news about banned and challenged books.<\/p>\n

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Arizona:<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my last YCRT! column<\/a> I mentioned the Tucson Unified School District book banner who now wants the books unbanned. At a meeting, the\u00a0rest of the school board disagreed<\/a>, and the book banning continues. \u00a0A local news outlet<\/a> reported on the meeting, slanting their coverage to push the notion that no books were ever banned and that the whole issue is being sensationalized by dirty hippies and Mexicans<\/span><\/span> activists. \u00a0A local blogger responded by posting a devastating takedown<\/a> of the news outlet’s history of misreporting the Tucson book bannings.<\/p>\n

In summary: banned books still banned.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere:<\/strong><\/p>\n

RIP Gore Vidal<\/a>,\u00a0whose novel The City and the Pillar<\/em> was denounced for LGBT content.<\/p>\n

There’s an annoying ad at the beginning of the video, but what follows is a\u00a0surprisingly in-depth local news segment on banned books<\/a> and how area libraries and school boards respond to challenges.<\/p>\n

Worth reading: The Political Agenda of the Morality Police<\/a>. \u00a0My only objection? \u00a0The author doesn’t connect the dots tying widespread incidents of book challenging to organized religious\/right-wing activism. \u00a0Here are some items I’ve covered in previous YCRT! columns:<\/p>\n