1AbigailAdams26
Hi Banned Books members! I just wanted to draw your attention to our List of the Month this September, which is in honor of the upcoming Banned Books Week (September 22-28), and which is devoted to Our Favorite Banned Books.
You can add your titles to the List itself HERE.
You can add your titles to the List itself HERE.
2aspirit
Okay, so I was curious about the book by Ann Coulter so looked up the situation. It happened in December 2020. If anyone else is interested in what led to the book being pulled from the shelf, there's a quick overview at LitHub.
https://lithub.com/a-library-staffer-has-been-fired-for-burning-trump-and-ann-co....
In another article, I read that the library worker who was tasked with weeding the political nonfiction section offered, through a lawyer, to return the books that were taken home and reimburse the library for the books that couldn't be returned.
The library didn't ban the book. If it didn't purchase a replacement copy, that might have been because of the library's policy about the age of similar books (published 20 years ago on aggressive political opinions during the Dubya era).
The library worker, who was fired, claimed racial discrimination in the public portrayal of the situation. There was said to be no other Black employees among the large number of staff in the Tennessee library. (Of the state's population, 12% to 20% are Black. Before Williams' termination, the library's staff was 1% Black.)
However, the book did appear to have been burned as a protest for social media. That's hard to excuse, no matter how deplorably untruthful and hateful the book's contents are. People expect library workers to not make a show of burning books for views on Instagram.
https://lithub.com/a-library-staffer-has-been-fired-for-burning-trump-and-ann-co....
In another article, I read that the library worker who was tasked with weeding the political nonfiction section offered, through a lawyer, to return the books that were taken home and reimburse the library for the books that couldn't be returned.
The library didn't ban the book. If it didn't purchase a replacement copy, that might have been because of the library's policy about the age of similar books (published 20 years ago on aggressive political opinions during the Dubya era).
The library worker, who was fired, claimed racial discrimination in the public portrayal of the situation. There was said to be no other Black employees among the large number of staff in the Tennessee library. (Of the state's population, 12% to 20% are Black. Before Williams' termination, the library's staff was 1% Black.)
However, the book did appear to have been burned as a protest for social media. That's hard to excuse, no matter how deplorably untruthful and hateful the book's contents are. People expect library workers to not make a show of burning books for views on Instagram.
