Wednesday, January 10, 2024

GET ME REWRITE: Book censors at Escambia County School District go bananas

 
Headline:  Public Information, 1/9/2024
The Escambia County School District, located in the Florida panhandle, has removed several dictionaries from its library shelves over concerns that making the dictionaries available to students would violate Florida law. The American Heritage Children's Dictionary, Webster's Dictionary for Students, and Merriam-Webster's Elementary Dictionary are among more than 2800 books that have been pulled from Escambia County school libraries and placed into storage. The Escambia County School District says these texts may violate HB 1069, a bill signed into law by Governor Ron DeSantis (R) in May 2023. 
HB 1069 gives residents the right to demand the removal of any library book that "depicts or describes sexual conduct," as defined under Florida law, whether or not the book is pornographic. Rather than considering complaints, the Escambia County School Board adopted an emergency rule last June that required the district's librarians to conduct a review of all library books and remove titles that may violate HB 1069.

According to Merriam-Webster, the first known use of 'bananas', as in mentally unsound, occurred in 1957.

  1. cognitive dissonance
  2. dummy variable
  3. kooky
  4. overarousal
  5. overkill
  6. raunch
  7. weaponize

Related posts:
What's the matter with Iowa?  Kimmi the Clown's censorship binge.  (10/20/2023)
Tender Sensibilities:  American Enterprise Institute clown freaks out over use of the word 'penis' in a memoir!  (9/13/2023)  Just like someone else I know.
What's the matter with Iowa?  GOP hypocrisy and Kimmi the Clown's crackpot education policies.  (8/10/2023)

No comments: