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Are We Transitioning From Capitalism to Silicon Serfdom?
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They're probably talking about the racist books being pulled out of grade school because at that level of education they have no value. But of course Republicans see that as equal to banning LGBT literature because they're chodes.
You were spot on. I pressed him on it elsewhere. And that was literally it. Which was hardly surprising.
Can you give some links/references? Haven't heard of this before
Look into Huckleberry Finn removal from schools.
To be clear, I think there's value in teaching that book with context, but not teaching that context does make the book problematic.