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A Message from Scholastic on U.S. Book Fairs (mediaroom.scholastic.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Arthur@literature.cafe to c/bannedbooks@literature.cafe

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Scholastic found that it either had to give in to the hardliners who wanted to ban books for children or to not allow that, and they seem to have decided to give in.

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[–] Varyk@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the regions that have banned or will ban books legislatively but still ironically hold book fairs, scholastic is letting the schools themselves decide which books to display, rather than including the books in the book fair shipments without notifying the schools first.

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's exactly this. Teachers are getting arrested over books. Do you want book fairs to end completely because a teacher won't run it because they're afraid a "bad book" might show up and it would be blamed on them?

This is a GOOD thing. Go after the shitty politicians, not Scholastic trying to accommodate this bullshit.

[–] Arthur@literature.cafe 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They could have at least made this "controversial" collection of books opt-out instead of opt-in.

[–] fishos@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Opt in makes it less likely a teacher orders it by accident. And they called it things like "stories of inclusivity". It's pretty on the nose that they support these books and are calling out those who wouldn't as being "uninclusive".

[–] Arthur@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://www.slj.com/story/Outraged-at-Scholastics-Option-to-Opt-in-or-Out-of-Receiving-Diverse-Books-Librarians-Seek-Book-Fair-Alternatives

[–] Arthur@literature.cafe 2 points 1 year ago

This situation is just so sad.

[–] fishos@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just because they're outraged doesn't make them right. Idiots get outraged all the time about things they don't understand. Ask yourself, who is legislating these changes? It's not Scholastic. So why are you acting like they're the ones pushing for this? And ignoring that they didn't call them "banned naughty books". They're called "books on inclusivity". You just want to be outraged instead of thinking it through. Pretty sad on a community about books.

[–] Arthur@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago

Did you read the article further than the title? It's just a bunch of quotes from people going through the new process. The title is egregious but the content is helpful in understanding why teachers/school admin are frustrated.

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

'Do you want people to ignore and fight this censorship by bigots?'

Yes.

Why don't you?