'I think it is all part of the same movement to kind of return us to the comfortable problem of jingoism and the way that we talk about our history,' Tokuda-Hall said.
Bay Area author Maggie Tokuda-hall talks after Scholastic asks her to remove "racism" references in her book "Love in the Library" to license it.Amid the battles in state legislatures and governors' mansions over banning books, Bay Area-based author Maggie Tokuda-Hall has found her children's book in the crosshairs.
"Love in the Library" is a story of love during the horrors of the Japanese American internment experience during World War II. It's the work of Oakland resident Maggie Tokuda-Hall, and apparently too controversial for Scholastic Books.The publisher was seeking a licensing agreement, hoping to re-package the book and put it in classrooms.Scholastic cut out an entire paragraph and removed the word "racism" from the author's note.On our 3 p.m.
"I think it is all part of the same movement to kind of return us to the comfortable problem of jingoism and the way that we talk about our history," Tokuda-Hall said. "You know, as somebody who is also Jewish, it is really difficult for me not to see parallels to other instances when books have been banned and told that certain people's stories are not worth listening to at all.
As for "Love in the Library," Maggie says she gave Scholastic a "resounding no" to their attempt to license the book.Watch the full interview in the media player above.
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