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I didn't say anything about the curriculum, lots of stuff exists in public schools beyond the curriculum. Neither Gender Queer or All Boys Aren't Blue were ever part of any curriculum as far as I can see. In fact one teacher was reprimanded simply for bringing the book Gender Queer to read for herself. Be honest, your interest and that of groups like Moms 4 Liberty extends well beyond the curriculum and is about dictating what cultural norms are and aren't acceptable in public schools in general. In your eyes a teacher on a slow day showing a Disney princess movie is "introducing sexuality to kids" even though its rated PG and the vast majority of parents would see it as age appropriate. In fact the only reason a movie like Aladdin is PG and not G is because of the action sequences, not the kiss.How about we just leave romance and sexuality out of grade school curriculum? What’s so hard about that?
I think the point you're missing is that we're witnessing a nationwide effort by a vocal minority that seeks to dictate the acceptable cultural norms to the majority through these kinds of books challenges and that in practice when it comes to public school libraries this is the real issue especially given the fact that state legislatures are going out of their way to empower such folks. You can say its not a big deal and on some level I don't entirely disagree, obviously housing policy and the safety net are far more important policy issues. But its certainly a bigger deal than the fact that some school libraries have they/them memoirs in them though I'm sure you'd disagree with that despite the evidence to the contrary.Considering the average amount of books in each library, even the ones that DID ban one book we're talking about one title out what, tens of thousands? So 1% of districts ban 1 title out of their thousands.
I don't know exactly what I'd consider it to be an issue worth paying attention to, but a lot more than it is now.
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