Most of those considered offensive focus on race and the LGBTQ community, and those opposed to the bill removing the books say the effort feels targeted to silence minority voices.
, which has fought for students’ First Amendment rights to access the books.
“We need to have the strength, the courage to fight against these books being in schools,” Bergeson said.students can seek out on their own with a library card, especially diverse viewpoints from historically marginalized groups. If you don’t like a book, don’t let your child read it, said parent Jonathan Bejarano. But he said one group of parents shouldn’t be allowed to limit what every child can check out. And that includes titles, he added, about people like him, people who are Latino.
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