Texas was state with most book bans in 2022, report shows

Number of book challenges nationwide doubled from 2021 as book ban movement gathers speed in Republican-led states

Texas made the most attempts to ban or restrict books in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association (ALA).

Last year, there were 1,269 documented censorship attempts to restrict 2,571 unique titles – the highest number ever recorded by ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom and double the 729 book challenges made in 2021.

Texas made 93 attempts to restrict access to over 2,300 books.

The book ban movement, has been gaining speed in recent years across the US, particularly in Republican-led states, and is becoming a central theme in religious-political activism. Often the books contain issues related to LGBTQ+ communities or race.

spider, (edited )

Once again racing Florida to the bottom.

the_medium_kahuna,

Librarians and teachers are doing the good work out there. I wish our society (US) would do a better job of recognizing how important they are and just let them do their job without having to deal with all this culture war bullshit

Daisyifyoudo,

Hey Patrick! What am I now?

Uhhh…stupid?

No, I’m Texas!

What’s the difference?

mechoman444,

To kill a mockingbird??

Seriously!

One of the greatest written pieces of literature ever put to paper!

cbarrick,

No no no. Sorry. We can’t let the children read about racism.

Erasmus,
@Erasmus@lemmy.world avatar

Is there a total list somewhere? I know there is a picture of a bunch of books at the top but are these the ones specifically from Texas?

harpuajim,

Book banning. Another thing Nazis and Conservatives have in common.

agent_flounder,
@agent_flounder@lemmy.one avatar

Is that a venn diagram or a circle?

Lately I prefer the term “regressives” as I feel it is more accurate than “conservative”.

SheeEttin,

Calling Republicans conservatives is just factually inaccurate. I’ve been doing the same for a while now. The current conservative party members are the establishment Democrats.

originalucifer,
@originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com avatar

ha, dont tread on us, but we'll be happy to tread on you

remember folks, its not just a slogan, its the rating

UniDestroyer,

Removing sexually explicit books from a public school library =/= book ban.

agent_flounder,
@agent_flounder@lemmy.one avatar

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison was the most challenged book in the state, on grounds it contained sexually explicit content. Other challenged books include Gender Queer, All Boys Aren’t Blue, and other books with LGBTQ+ or anti-racism themes.

What do you call it when they remove books that aren’t sexually explicit but deal with LGBTQ+ and anti-racism themes?

dudewitbow,

Has Texas banned the bible yet, the book cotains a lot of sexually explicit imagery and moments of rape and murder

agent_flounder,
@agent_flounder@lemmy.one avatar

Also incest.

0110010001100010,
@0110010001100010@lemmy.world avatar

Lots and lots of incest actually.

Zombiepirate,
@Zombiepirate@lemmy.world avatar

I actually can’t think of a book with more incest than the Bible.

Slowy,
@Slowy@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah like Catcher in The Rye and 1984… oh wait

littlewonder,

You’re right. Let’s go ahead and remove all the naked statues from museums, the paintings of naked people, any media mentioning rape, abuse, or even normal teens having sex, and any hint that lgbtq people existed before Will and Grace.

So happy my children are protected from all this porn! Sure hope they remember how protected from porn they are if they happen to be in the 1/3 of people who are sexually abused before the age of 18 and have no way to know what happened, how to deal with it, or how to find support.

Uranium3006,
Uranium3006 avatar

That's what they want. They want children to be abused, espically LGBT children. They're starting with children because they're an easy target. They have no rights and conservatives want to keep.it that way

dragonflyteaparty,

Oh yeah, because we all know sexually explicit books were just all over in public school libraries. Those kids were reading so many sexual books at school libraries. It was such a problem for so many years and everyone thought it was ok until just now. And of course the only books being removed are actually explicit ones. There’s not a single one that just has to do with LGBTQ people that regressives are calling sexual because they want to equate being publicly not straight as being publicly sexual. Of course not. And of course they didn’t ban any books about racism. Nope. Never.

Yes, people are calling it a book ban. And yes, that is an apt term. They are banning books from school libraries. It doesn’t have to be a blanket nation/state wide ban to be called a ban. It’s still a ban even when you ban something from specific locations.

1chemistdown,
1chemistdown avatar

That’s Texas freedom for you.

SmokumJoe,

Fuck Texas. Shitty backwards ass stupid place.

thefartographer,

Hey! I’m from Texas! And if they’d taught me to read, I’m sure I’d be offended by that second sentence too!

cabron_offsets,

Backward degenerates.

Blamemeta,

Well its the biggest red state, so that lines up. Remember, when a red state school rotates its library collection, its a ban. When a bluevstate does it, its business as usual.

agent_flounder,
@agent_flounder@lemmy.one avatar

Texas made 93 attempts to restrict access to over 2,300 books.

That’s not “rotating its library collection.”

Chetzemoka,
Chetzemoka avatar

"Overwhelmingly, we’re seeing these challenges come from organized censorship groups that target local library board meetings to demand removal of a long list of books they share on social media."

Maybe you should try reading sometime.

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