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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by Manuel_D on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:34AM (#34694927)
Banning books from public school libraries has nearly zero effect on what students are exposed to. Did you ever check out a book from the school library? I never did, the actual municipal library had a much better selection. Harry Potter was banned from plenty of libraries for witchcraft, and it's sales demonstrate how futile it was.
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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by lukeschlather on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:42AM (#34695040)
I read dozens (possibly hundreds?) of books in my school library as a student. We're not just talking about "the library" either. We're talking about the books that are made available to students during classroom free time in elementary school.
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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by baseballdork on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:46AM (#34695104)
> Did you ever check out a book from the school library? I never did ...

That's fascinating to me. I checked out books all the time. In fact, we were required to check out books for various assignments. We also had a program called AR (accelerated reading) where you would be able to take a quiz on a library book and gather points which let you get various prizes, up to principal for the day.

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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by SketchySeaBeast on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:48AM (#34695142)
> Did you ever check out a book from the school library?

Constantly. It was the only library I could get to regularly and I had a voracious appetite for reading.

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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by mikebenfield on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:54AM (#34695243)
> Did you ever check out a book from the school library?

Uh, yeah. All the time actually.

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Re:Mandatory DEI statements are becoming the norm in academi... by adamsmith143 on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @11:59AM (#34695330)
I probably checked out dozens. But the problem also extends to classrooms themselves where teachers have thrown out entire shelves of books.
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