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Every book banned by an all-white Pennsylania school board is by a non-white author

2021-09-17 00:00:00

When an all-white Pennsylvania school board was asked why every book it unanimously banned was written by a non-white author, they said is was just a coincidence. The Central York School District baord also took umbrage at the word "ban," insisting the books were merely "frozen," until the books could be vetted by the board, which so far has taken the better part of a year.

The list includes a children's book about Rosa Parks, and I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai.

The board also banned… er, I mean "froze" CNN's Sesame Street Town Hall about racism.

From CNN:
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