Students protest book bans by distributing 'Maus,' 'Beloved'

[Nevilledog]

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/students-protest-book-bans-distributing-maus-beloved/story?id=82622456

Youth-led activist group Voters of Tomorrow plans on distributing hundreds of copies of Toni Morrison’s "Beloved" and Art Spiegelman’s "Maus" to students in Texas and Virginia. These are just two of the many books that have been targeted in recent efforts to ban from schools certain reading materials that parents say are explicit or obscene.

“Voters of Tomorrow is fighting back against the far-right’s attempts to eliminate essential pieces of history and literature from our school curricula," Jack Lobel, the group's spokesperson, told ABC News.

The group will deliver 200 books to each state to be distributed and will expand the program based on its popularity.

"There are people who would rather not have conversations around these books because they address legacies of racism and fascism that are still alive today," said Maya Mackey, the leader of Voters of Tomorrow's Texas chapter, who will be distributing books in Texas. "In order to have a truly educated society and democracy, we need to have conversations around books like these."

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[Jilly_in_VA]

1. The kids are all right

Just tell a kid not to read something and they will read it for sure.

[Captain Zero]

2. Students should start Mauskatears Clubs.

And Beloved Clubs.
That meet in school after school.

All over the country.
As a way of studying Independently,
The History of Contemporary Problems.

[nykym]

3. Could this be the start of

BOOKEASY'S