The company was faulted for the practice, which it said was an effort to help schools navigate new laws restricting books about racism and L.G.B.T.Q. identities.
“Even if the decision was made with good intention,” said Scholastic Trade Publishing’s Ellie Berger, “we understand now that it […] The post Scholastic apologizes for segregating books at children’s book fairs appeared first on TheGrio.
Scholastic offered a separate, optional collection containing titles about LGBTQ identities and race for book fairs this fall, stating it wanted to protect educators amid book bans.
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Scholastic announced its elementary school book fairs will now separate certain book titles written by and about people of color and LGBTQ into a different offering