Georgia made it easier for parents to challenge school library books. Almost no one has done so
Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it.
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Georgia Republican lawmakers passed a law to make it easier to challenge school library books as inappropriate, but few people are using it.
FlyingSquid, ![]()
Almost as if it’s not and has never been a fucking problem because librarians do their damn jobs.
stopthatgirl7, ![]()
One key element restraining complaints: The law only allows parents of current students to challenge books.
And almost like the people who normally make challenges to books aren’t actually parents.
FlyingSquid, ![]()
Yep. They’ve always been outside agitators. All those school board election spoilers too.
paddirn, Challenge anything that’s even remotely religious.
LEDZeppelin, This.
c0c0c0, There has almost certainly already been a chilling effect from similar laws in Florida. Teachers cannot take chances: If they are fired for cause, they often have to move to another state to remain employable in their profession.
FiendishFork, I read something about how the uncertainty in banning vague topics is actually more harmful than a list of banned material. It’s left up to the teachers discretion and they end up overly cautious because they want to keep their jobs.
Melody, ![]()
I applaud Georgia for actually passing a law that makes sense.
There’s no reason why anyone who isn’t a parent of a current student should have any right to Object to books in a school’s library.
They’re already shitting up the public libraries with their senseless challenges.
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I’m not sure this is applause worthy. Why do we need this in the first place (other than FUD about “large scale” indoctrination)?
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