cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/16010933
Source https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/new-jersey-latest-state-prohibit-bans-books-school-116604778
The US is bifurcating. Has it ever been this divided since the Civil War? Maybe during the Jim Crow Era and the Civil Rights movement?
Book ban ban lol nice (seriously though this is good with all the red scare 3.0 shit getting pushed right now).
Well fuck they left open an exception for transphobia motivated bans
The bill permits restriction in the case of “developmentally inappropriate material” for certain age groups. The measure also requires local school boards and the governing bodies of public libraries to set up policies for book curation and the removal of library materials, including a way to address concerns over certain items.
Fuck this country
