{"id":6183,"date":"2011-05-14T11:42:25","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T18:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=6183"},"modified":"2011-05-14T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T18:43:24","slug":"banned-book-news-roundup-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=6183","title":{"rendered":"Banned Book News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I&#8217;ve mentioned prison book restrictions and bannings in previous roundups.\u00a0 The last such item I covered was a South Carolina jail&#8217;s policy of <a href=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/?p=5593\">banning all books other than the Bible<\/a>.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestate.com\/2011\/05\/05\/1806095\/aclu-asks-judge-to-block-jails.html\" target=\"_blank\">ACLU is now challenging that policy<\/a> on behalf of an inmate.\u00a0 Reading is a civil liberty?\u00a0 Damn right it is!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a related article about <a href=\"https:\/\/news.change.org\/stories\/connecticut-department-of-correction-to-further-limit-what-prisoners-may-read\" target=\"_blank\">prison officials considering reading restrictions<\/a> for inmates in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6191\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zinasaunders.com\/index.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6191\" title=\"Sarah-Palin-Librarian\" src=\"http:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Sarah-Palin-Librarian1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Sarah-Palin-Librarian1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Sarah-Palin-Librarian1-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/pwoodford.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Sarah-Palin-Librarian1-367x450.jpg 367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cookin&#39; the Books by Zina Saunders<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;This  book been on the shelves for 10 years, at five different elementary  schools,&#8221; Gibbon said. &#8220;That&#8217;s 2,500 students a year. That&#8217;s a lot of  kids that had opportunity and a lot of parents to give their input on  it. This is the first time there&#8217;s been any question about it.&#8221;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.q13fox.com\/news\/kcpq-20110429-sex-book,0,4901066.story\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle area mom complains about elementary school library book<\/a>; school stands by its guns.<\/p>\n<p>Closer to home (my home, anyway): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc15.com\/dpp\/news\/region_phoenix_metro\/north_phoenix\/mom-pushes-to-ban-sexually-explicit-book-from-phoenix-elementary-schools\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix mom complains about elementary school library book<\/a>; school immediately caves.<\/p>\n<p>New York school district <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lohud.com\/article\/20110506\/NEWS03\/105060370\/Clarkstown-rejects-ban-Perks-Being-Wallflower-\" target=\"_blank\">stands up to parents<\/a> challenging <em>The Perks of Being a Wallflower<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting.\u00a0 A theater troupe was going to perform <em>To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em> at an Ohio school.\u00a0 The school wanted the script changed to eliminate the word &#8220;nigger,&#8221; but the publishing company wouldn&#8217;t allow alterations to the script.\u00a0 So the school <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/live\/content\/local_news\/stories\/2011\/05\/13\/ohio-school-cancels-anti-racism-play.html\" target=\"_blank\">canceled the performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s becoming increasingly obvious that challenging school reading list and library books has become an organized activity, fanned by religious and political groups.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pabbis.com\/links.html\" target=\"_blank\">Know thine enemy<\/a> (warning: not for the faint of heart).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve mentioned prison book restrictions and bannings in previous roundups.\u00a0 The last such item I covered was a South Carolina jail&#8217;s policy of banning all books other than the Bible.\u00a0 The ACLU is now challenging that policy on behalf of an inmate.\u00a0 Reading is a civil liberty?\u00a0 Damn right it is! 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