three topics sexuality or gender, sexua identity, race, and bodily autonomy including sexual an physical violence. removing books that deal wit these three are real topic sent a clear message to reader that those groups matter less, those experiences should b explored, less they certainl should not be discussed in costumes parents have stood at they have made his books entirely out of conference and these so-called activist typically do not read th books. in their entirety. instead require on list of hundreds of titles - from conservative lawmakers, guests, or organized conservative pressure groups these plants are not actin alone, or many would have you concerne parents. preserving in the, since gettinga backwards, robbin their children, and disservice picking up a copy of the books speak, could help a woma recovering from sexual assault on her voice reading her martin could help bird of racism feel a little less alone what erased could help a student with their own
their children, and disservice picking up a copy of the books speak, could help a woma recovering from sexual assault on her voice reading her martin could help bird of racism feel a little less alone what erased could help a student with their own sexua identity feel understood and even loved looks like these can sav lives. understanding the literature discussing those topics of rac and it is crucial for each and every one of us, for the station for our ability to nurture critical thinking an ultimately as you will hea from margaret, what democrac itself these are stories that educate nurture, and comfort at the start of the velshi banned book club, our thesis was never okay today, that these are stil holds, but after speaking with so many authors, and reading s many of these targeted books the velshi banned book club ha become more than just
we started the banned boo club in february of 2020, to a has grown into something large and more fruitful than we ever imagined the velshi banned book club wa created in response to the targeting and removal of s many important books fro libraries and school curriculums across the country according to p.e.n. america, the nonprofit organization tha champions the freedom to rea and write in the united states from july 2020, one to jun 2022 there were 2532 instances of individual books being banned. that is a shocking number. what the figure does not mak clear, the types of books that are being banned as we begin to compile our own list of banned literature to feature for you with authors from margaret atwood t jonathan - a clear pattern emerged. it became apparent that th most frequently targeted books should at least one of the sam
the atrocities we end up with. so, i wanted to be able to sho in a book, in the story that was for children, how we can g from step a through step the and it s the silence of people that lets it happen. and our thanks to the autho and illustrator, whitesburg, r palacio. you are watching the year an meeting of the velshi banned book club. still ahead, we will dive into a groundbreaking work from the prolific author, tony morrison but first, i want to highlight one of our featured books, boy erased by gary conley. it s a memory that follows his time in a so-called conversion therapy center at the behest o his parents. it spoke about forgiveness family, religion, and how trul lifesaving literature can be especially for young adult discovering their own sexual identity i wrote a lot about this in the book i was very suicidal before eve