Books and censorship: This New York Times headline makes me sick to my stomach

 

Editorial comments courtesy of Merriam-Webster, my employer for a time in the 1970s.

Definitions:  here (highlight added) and here

Headline:  New York Times, 10/16/2023 (highlight added)

Those organizing book fairs can include — or exclude — that set of books, known as the “Share Every Story, Celebrate Every Voice” catalog. School fairs can also choose to include specific books from the list. 

The separate catalog of 64 titles includes a children’s biography of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; a fantasy novel about a Lakota girl; a graphic novel featuring the Black Panther superhero; and a book about different family types, such as adoptive families and families with same-sex parents, according to a list provided by Scholastic. 

Some contain basic history, such as “I Am Ruby Bridges,” about school integration, and “Because of You, John Lewis,” about the civil rights leader’s role in the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.