Duval County, Florida has removed books about Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente from schools.

[Cattledog]

Books aimed at teaching children about how Hank Aaron and Roberto Clemente overcame racism to become both baseball and American icons were removed from schools in Duvall County, Florida for "review" early in 2022, and Pen America says they are among 176 flagged titles that have "been kept in storage with little indication of when they might return to classrooms."

https://www.audacy.com/national/sports/duval-county-has-removed-book-about-hank-aaron-from-schools

[lame54]

1. Plenty of David Duke biographies to check out

[jalan48]

2. Fuck them. Roberto Clemente wasn't just a great ball player, he was a great humanitarian.

[Guilded Lilly]

7. My childhood hero growing up in Pittsburgh...

A hero on so many levels.

Damn them, indeed.

[cloudbase]

8. Mine, too.

I grew up about a five minute walk from Forbes Field and its $1 bleacher seats. It was a sad day when they moved to Three Rivers.

[Aviation Pro]

3. You weren't even alive when Babe Ruth hit 714 dimes, Guv. Man Bewbs (MAGAT-FL)

And I saw Hammerin' Hank hit #715 and Roberto Clemente smack his 3,000th hit against the Mets before he tragically lost his life running supplies to Nicaragua.

So, go fuck yourself, pork rind and the horse you rode in on.

[rubbersole]

4. desantis' former district before he was governor.

He has friends there. 176 is probably just what's been reported.

[lpbk2713]

5. They essentially pulled them permanently by holding them for review.

I'm sure they will never find the time to "review" them.

DeSantis and his sycophants are unrelenting assholes.

[RKP5637]

6. Next, will be book burning championed by DeSatan. Yep, following the Nazi guidelines.

And his desire for implementing a Fascist Dictatorship in 2024.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

9. What? Books about how Dick and Jane overcame their White Privilege to became rich GOP donors?

Isn't that special?

Just the type of books Florida kids need to read and learn from. Isn't that DeSatan's intentions all along?

[Botany]

10. Mi llamo es Roberto

In the 1950s and 60s TPTB wanted to make Clemente more Anglo so they tried calling him Bobby to which he said my mother called me Roberto and he refused to answer ?s when a reporter would call him Bobby.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. Who is surprised by this?

Censorship is now the norm for the GOP

[PCIntern]

12. Boycott Florida

I’m not being facetious.