thank you for your patience. the hearing will resume, you have two minutes and 30 seconds left to complete your statement. accounted the amount of times i heard the aphis slur used in the highway the last hallway the last time at school. it was 15 uses in 30 minutes worth of passing periods, one instance of bullying every 2 minutes, shorter than this testimony. i think that is learned hatred and entirely preventable. the bullying has only been inspired and book bans have become more persuasive and the political the censorship requires many peoples especially politicians internalized homophobia. i do not think and lgbtq character is inherently inappropriate for any age. that school libraries know how to best literature. i believe words have power, especially when it comes to uniting us and strengthening our democracy. i really wish that, political polarization was not dictating our education. i want to learn about my friends even if i disagree with them. i want us to
[indiscernible] thank you for your patience. the hearing will resume, you have two minutes and 30 seconds left to complete your statement. accounted the amount of times i heard the aphis slur used in the highway the last hallway the last time at school. it was 15 uses in 30 minutes worth of passing periods, one instance of bullying every 2 minutes, shorter than this testimony. i think that is learned hatred and entirely preventable. the bullying has only been inspired and book bans have become more persuasive and the political the censorship requires many peoples especially politicians internalized homophobia. i do not think and lgbtq character is inherently inappropriate for any age. that school libraries know how to best literature. i believe words have power, especially when it comes to uniting us and strengthening our democracy. i really wish that, political polarization was not dictating our education. i want to learn about my friends even if i disagree with th
accounted the amount of times i heard the aphis slur used in the highway the last hallway the last time at school. it was 15 uses in 30 minutes worth of passing periods, one instance of bullying every 2 minutes, shorter than this testimony. i think that is learned hatred and entirely preventable. the bullying has only been inspired and book bans have become more persuasive and the political the censorship requires many peoples especially politicians internalized homophobia. i do not think and lgbtq character is inherently inappropriate for any age. that school libraries know how to best literature. i believe words have power, especially when it comes to uniting us and strengthening our democracy. i really wish that, political polarization was not dictating our education. i want to learn about my friends even if i disagree with them. i want us to understand one another. right now my intellectual freedom and the student s intellectual freedom is not being supported or f
coercion trying to limit those in the free world or open societies to have discussions like this. of china have their way we would not have this discussion if they wanted to they could come after you and me. all of ts participating. we re in the middle of votes. so there s going to be a little bit back and forth in classic congressional style in in a very happy to be here with the wonderful ranking member of this committee, ms. nancy mace. in 1943 in west virginia versus burnet the supreme court struck down compulsory flag salutes as a violation of the first amendment stating if there s any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it s that no official no matter how higher petty shall prescribe what shall be worthodox and matters of politics religion nationalism or other matters of opinion or for citizens to confess by word or act their faith. they re in then in 1969 in the case called tinker versus des moines school district, which struck down mary beth tinker suspens
subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties held a hearing on attempts to ban books in k through 12 school libraries and curriculums witnesses include high school students school employees and civil rights activists. ruby bridges beginning now on book tv portions of this hearing good morning. thank you to all of our witnesses for joining us today. thanks to all of the members participating. we re in the middle of votes. so there s going to be a little bit back and forth in classic congressional style in in a very happy to be here with the wonderful ranking member of this committee, ms. nancy mace. in 1943 in west virginia versus burnet the supreme court struck down compulsory flag salutes as a violation of the first amendment stating if there s any fixed star in our constitutional constellation, it s that no official no matter how higher petty shall prescribe what shall be worthodox and matters of politics religion nationalism or other matters of opinion or for citizens