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Survey by PEN America suggests bans nearly tripled nationwide from previous year’s figure

More than 10,000 books were banned in US public schools from 2023 to 2024, according to a report, marking a stark increase over the year before as Republican-led states pass new censorship laws.

The survey from PEN America suggested that bans of books nearly tripled nationwide, from 3,362 the previous year.

At least 13 titles were banned for the first time, including Alex Haley’s Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which describes the journey of an enslaved person from Africa to the US, and James Baldwin’s Go Tell It on the Mountain, the acclaimed semi-autographical work set in Harlem, New York.

PEN America, a non-profit organization dedicated to freedom of expression, said that approximately 8,000 instances of book bans took place in Florida and Iowa, as both states enforced sweeping laws targeting classroom material.

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[–] ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

all of this could have been avoided if only that one pesky 2000 year-old book was banned to begin with.

[–] Cosmonauticus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bruh China is 1/4 irreligious and 1/3 Buddhist and I'm pretty sure it'd be easier to list the books not banned there. Fascists are gonna fasc. They'll just use a different excuse

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's funny about book bans is that it assumes that anyone in these areas can read to be begin with. And that's the problem.

[–] TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

Hey now 35% of our freshmen can read!

[–] 1smoothcriminal@lemm.ee 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What timeline are we living in!

[–] chaosCruiser@futurology.today 5 points 1 month ago

Is this a new tactic to encourage kids to read more?

[–] ravhall 4 points 1 month ago

Was one of them the Bible? That shit is terrible for kids