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Book Bans Have Long Targeted Marginalized Communities
Original: This is Nothing New: Book Bans and their History of Targeting Marginalized Communities
The ACLU of Indiana argues that today's wave of book bans is not a new phenomenon, but part of a long history in which efforts to remove books from schools and libraries have disproportionately targeted works by and about marginalized communities, including people of color and LGBTQ+ people. The civil rights organization is drawing on that historical record to frame current challenges as a continuation of past censorship campaigns.
Why now: Ongoing book ban debates in US schools and libraries have put the issue back in the headlines.
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- This is Nothing New: Book Bans and their History of Targeting Marginalized Communities · ACLU of Indiana
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