Counterpoint: At the library, there s more than one kind of diversity It should be a place of learning, not indoctrination.
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In Hey, Anoka County, listen and listen good, (June 27) columnist Jennifer Brooks writes about the need for conversations. Conversations about important subjects like George Floyd s murder, the Derek Chauvin sentencing, the Black Lives Matter movement, bigotry, gun violence, diversity. She declares that our differences have left us fractured and furious. Unable to unite against injustice.
Brooks angrily points to a memo from the management of the Anoka County Library, which apparently doesn t present diversity in way that suits her tastes. Brooks belittles the library leaders for encouraging diversity on a broader spectrum instead of hanging posters that celebrate Gay Pride or promote the Black Lives Matter organization.