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#Florida officials report hundreds of books removed from schools

#Beloved by #ToniMorrison, #NormalPeople by #SallyRooney and #SlaughterhouseFive by #KurtVonnegut, among books pulled

by Coral Murphy Marcos
Tue 12 Nov 2024 23.10 EST

"Florida’s department of education has released a list of more than 700 books that were 'removed or discontinued' from schools across the state after changes to a state law last year that allows parents and residents to challenge the content of #LibraryBooks.

"This year’s list, which has doubled in size from last year, includes titles such as Beloved by Toni Morrison, Normal People by Sally Rooney, and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.

"The list comes after #HouseBill1069 went into effect last July, requiring school districts to set up a mechanism for parents to object to anything they consider pornographic or inappropriate.

"Since then hundreds of titles have been removed from elementary, middle and high school libraries. In Florida, 33 out of about 70 school districts #BannedBooks.

"American classics such as #BraveNewWorld by #AldousHuxley, #ForWhomTheBellTolls by #ErnestHemingway and The Adventures of #TomSawyer by #MarkTwain are among those that have been pulled. Contemporary novels by bestselling authors such as #MargaretAtwood and #StephenKing have also been removed.

"Members of the #FloridaFreedomToReadProject, a group comprised of public school parents, said the measure has led to an unprecedented rise in #censorship, mostly driven by conservative interest groups, and has limited students’ access to diverse #literature.

“'We believe in a fair, thorough, and public objection process that ensures decisions reflect the needs of each school community - not the broad, district-wide censorship we see today that’s inspired by the vague language in #HB1069 and ‘bad book’ lists like this one,' the group said in a statement.

“'Censorship is happening right here in Florida. Lists like this that include award-winning, #ClassicLiterature and books about #BanningBooks cannot be spun or shoved into a narrative about extremely targeted removals,' they added.

"#PENAmerica found that Florida and #Iowa recorded the highest number of book bans during the 2023-2024 school year, leading in the country with over 4,500 book bans in Florida and over 3,600 in Iowa. These bans have cost districts about $34,000 to $135,000 a year.

"A study on educational censorship in Florida found a 'climate of compliance, fear and stress' that threatens students’ academic performance and the well-being of both teachers and students'."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/florida-book-bans-removals-education-department-list?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us

#BannedBooks #Censorship #FloridaSchools #Education #CharacteristicsOfFascism #ChristoFascism


Florida education officials: 100s books pulled f. school libraries
https://apnews.com/article/book-bans-education-florida-desantis-censorship-schools-b4647f7709d06ae7780dd03003dfcd90

* FL state law empowers parents/residents to challenge school library books
* requires districts to submit annual report to state detailing restricted schoolbooks
* FL leads U.S. in pulling books f. school libraries

#AmericanLibraryAssociation #ALA #PENamerica
#Florida #DeSantis #censorship #education #antiLGBT #transphobia #homophobia #ParentalRightsMovement #M4L #LibsOfTikTok #fascism #Christofascism


A Spirit Airlines plane was hit by gunfire while trying to land in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the company says. A flight attendant was injured and the flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was diverted to the Dominican Republic, where an inspection showed damage consistent with gunfire. Spirit says they are suspending service to Haiti as they evaluate the incident. Read more from @NBCNews.

https://flip.it/mn2pkc

#Haiti #Spirit #Florida #DominicaRepublic #Guns


If one considers everything well, one will find something appears to be virtue, which if pursued would be one's ruin, and something else appears to be vice, which if pursued results in one's security and well-being.
-- Niccolo Machiavelli

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #NiccoloMachiavelli #Security #Vice #Virtue

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Palms #Florida
photo by richard rathe


A little bit of Democrat joy from @bolts as they report on Monique Worrell, the state attorney who was ousted by Ron DeSantis last year, and beat her replacement, Federalist Society member Andrew Bain, to win her job back.

https://boltsmag.org/tampa-orlando-proscutor-elections-2024/

#Florida #Voting #USElection #MoniqueWorrell #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday


Children's Day of Action for Palestine and Lebanon

- Tampa, Sunday Nov 10th, 1:30 pm

#Tampa #TampaBay #Palestine #Lebanon #Florida #Genocide


For some reason #Israelis seem to be happy about the #floods that so far have killed more than 200 #Spaniards.

After #Spain recognized the State of #Palestine and despite condemning the Hamas attack against Israel, many Israeli netizens posted on their social networks that they are glad that hundreds of Spaniards have died due to the floods.

Some of them have said this is a divine punishment to Spain for recognizing Palestine and stopping some explosives shipments to #Israel, similarly to how some of them believed #Florida was hit by hurricanes due to the pro Palestine protests.

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/11841?single=

#SanctionIsrael
#BoycottIsrael
#ZionismIsACult
#ClimateChange
#FreePalestine
#IsraelIsATerroristState
#IsraelWarCrimes
#RacistIsrael
#IsraelRogueState
#ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael
#USAFundsGenocide
#USAfundsTerrorism


Via Adam Ginsburg:

Our voter assistance hotline has been ringing off the hook with #Florida's Puerto Rican voters making plans to vote. 👀👀

Calls spiked 325% in just two days.

And that's (833) 868-3352, available in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole

https://tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/10/31/florida-latino-voter-hotline-sees-uptick-in-calls-after-island-of-garbage-remarks/75940330007/


Every time I hear something about #Florida, I comfort myself by reminding myself that the whole damn state will be under water before too long.


"Pressed by Moms for Liberty, #Florida school district adds clothing to illustrations in classic children's #books"
https://popular.info/p/pressed-by-moms-for-liberty-florida

Apart from the #education & #censorship issues here, & the "liberty" of a minority to dictate what everyone else can see, there's a #copyright issue. But it seems that the school hand-drew clothing on the book pages (which is lawful under #FirstSale) & did not reprint copies with altered images (which would be infringement).

#FigLeaves
@academicchatter


"#Florida school district removes dictionaries from #libraries, citing law championed by #DeSantis"
https://popular.info/p/florida-school-district-removes-dictionaries

PS: It turns out to be a myth that Victorians covered piano legs for the sake of modesty. But one day people will hear that Floridians removed dictionaries from school libraries for the sake of modesty, or prudery, or protecting the children, and wonder whether it's a myth. The truth will be out there, but not in Florida libraries.

#BookBans #Censorship

@academicchatter


1/ Florida has proposed a bill intended to intimidate & silence people--bloggers--who want to critique the governor or state officeholders

https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/florida-bill-would-require-bloggers-who-write-about-governor-to-register-with-the-state/

I won't call it fascism--which it IS--because the word has no meaning for some

Instead let's look at the 1798 Sedition Act

Passed by the Federalist-controlled nat'l government, it made it a crime for US citizens to "print, utter, or publish...any false, scandalous, and malicious writing" re: the gov't.

#florida #fascism #politics