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Celerity

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Reply to Demovictory9 (Reply #2)

Tue Feb 1, 2022, 09:05 AM

Feb 2022

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-library-books-banned-schools-rcna12986

A parent in Prosper, a Dallas suburb, said this illustrated children's book, which touches on the racism that Olympian Wilma Rudolph experienced growing up in Tennessee in the 1940s, should be removed from school libraries because "it opines prejudice based on race."

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book parent wanted banned: children's picture book about the life of Black Olympian Wilma Rudolph [View all] Demovictory9 Feb 2022 OP

This is a joke, right? Wilma Rudolph? It's gotta be a bad joke. TreasonousBastard Feb 2022 #1

not a joke... forgot to add link. looking for it Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #2

here Celerity Feb 2022 #4

article link Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #3

It wasn't banned though, right? Ace Rothstein Feb 2022 #5

i don't think so but the article talks about "soft censorship"... Librarians now pre-censoring Demovictory9 Feb 2022 #11

This is sick OLDMDDEM Feb 2022 #6

Ban every book touching on George Washington and Jefferson HariSeldon Feb 2022 #10

I agree with you OLDMDDEM Feb 2022 #12

I swear, this is right out of the Third Reich. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2022 #7

Erase-ism. dchill Feb 2022 #8

Not-see-ism lame54 Feb 2022 #16

That II. dchill Feb 2022 #17

People are crazy. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2022 #9

The Bible is full of sex and violence nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2022 #13

That's what racists do malaise Feb 2022 #14

Wait 'til they read how Jesse Owens made Hitler feel bad. That'll blow their minds. Midnight Writer Feb 2022 #15

Wilma Rudolph's story is very inspiring Poiuyt Feb 2022 #18

Yep, I read a book about her when I was a little boy Ishoutandscream2 Feb 2022 #19