The Association of Library Professionals wants libraries guided by public service not politics.
The banned book biz is booming.
According to the American Library Association, the number of books “targeted for censorship” rose by 65% last year, “reaching the highest level ever documented by ALA.”
“You can’t have a display of banned books if they never made it off the printing press.”To hear the left tell it, our very freedom to read is under attack. And the hysteria has started to spread among well-meaning conservatives.The problem is that liberal organizations like the ALA now use the term “ban” to refer to schools restricting access to books they deem inappropriate for children. These include many LGBTQ-themed books containing explicit sexual content.As Dave Seminara wrote last year in City Journal, books that have been “banned” from schools are widely available in public libraries as well as bookstores. What the ALA really objects […]
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