Posted on Sep 16, 2021
Students fight back against a book ban that has a Pennsylvania community divided
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Students in a southern Pennsylvania school district are battling the latest example of panic spreading over how history and race are taught in schools across the US.
"I don't think a moral compass will let you ban books about equality and loving each other," Central York High School senior Christina Ellis told CNN.
Ellis is among the students protesting a book ban in York, Pennsylvania, and questions whether the officials who decided to remove certain reading materials from the curriculum even read the resources they deem controversial. She was joined by other teens protesting in front of Central York High School this week.
On Monday, students, parents and other community members debated during a virtual school board meeting about the list of anti-racism books and resources that were banned from the curriculum by the Central York school board last year.
"I don't think a moral compass will let you ban books about equality and loving each other," Central York High School senior Christina Ellis told CNN.
Ellis is among the students protesting a book ban in York, Pennsylvania, and questions whether the officials who decided to remove certain reading materials from the curriculum even read the resources they deem controversial. She was joined by other teens protesting in front of Central York High School this week.
On Monday, students, parents and other community members debated during a virtual school board meeting about the list of anti-racism books and resources that were banned from the curriculum by the Central York school board last year.
Students fight back against a book ban that has a Pennsylvania community divided
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Good for the students for recognizing censorship and racism when they see it. There is hope for the younger generations yet.
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By banning books by and about black persons, doesn't that make the Board racist?
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HMMMMMMMMMMM, Hitler and other dictators did/do that. Now who wants to be dictator here and who did he say "Did good things" again??
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