Georgia has fired a teacher for sharing “My Shadow Is Purple,” thus denying her kids a narrative that they urgently need to hear.
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Tag Archives: censorship
Boys That Don’t Fit the Gender Stereotype
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged authoritarianism, Boy in a Dress, David Williamson, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Katherine Rinderle, L. Frank Baum, Land of Oz, LGBTQ+ issues, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Milt Diamond, My Shadow Is Purple, Stuart Scott, Supergirl, Twelfth Night, William Shakespeare Comments closed
We Need Disturbing Lit If We Are to Grow
If we want literature to improve our lives, often we must read–and teach–works that unsettle.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Bluest Eye, C.S. Lewis, cancel culture, Cat's Eye, Clansman, Friedrich Engels, Karl Marx, Light in August, Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lottery, Margaret Atwood, Ruth Franklin, Shirley Jackson, Thomas Dixon, Toni Morrison, William Faulkner Comments closed
In Censoring Gorman, We Censor Hope
Buckling to rightwing pressure, a school has banned Amanda Gorman’s “Hill We Climb” from elementary students. My 8-year-old grandson loved it.
Fighting Back against Book Censors
Judy Blume weighs in on book bans while a Washington Post pundit shows how we can find ways to resist.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Are You There God It's Me Margaret, book bans, Deenie, Forever, Judy Blume, libraries Comments closed
Books Banned Because They’re Powerful
Book banning is on the rise in the U.S., including recently in Virginia. Brecht’s “Burning of the Books” is always powerful.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Burning of the Books", banned books, Bertolt Brecht, Fascism, segregation Comments closed
Roth and the Hamline Mess
Roth’s “Human Stain” has lessons for Hamline’s recent mess-up over an art teacher. It has also given me a new perspective on my two sons.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged fathers and sons, Hamline University, Human Stain, Philip Roth Comments closed
School Panics about Dr. Seuss Discussion
A school administrator objected when a class discussion of Dr. Seuss’s “Sneetches” veered into questions of race.
Child Spy Rats Out English Teacher
The child spy tip line in Virginia received a complaint about how a teacher was teaching “Beowulf.” Meanwhile, a Texas school has banned Neil Gaiman’s works.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Beowulf, Book banning, culture wars, Glenn Youngkin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Neil Gaiman, Sexism, teaching Comments closed
Book Bans Leave Children Defenseless
Parents seek to protect their children through book bans. Instead, they make them more vulnerable to a changing world.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Arundhati Roy, Beloved, Bluest Eye, book bans, God of Small Things, Khaled Hosseini, Kite Runner, Toni Morrison Comments closed