The move to censor books in school is less about suppressing actual violence, bad language, or otherwise scary and objectionable behavior, than it is about keeping us from looking at those things.
Editor’s note: This op-ed by longtime Amherst College professor Ilan Stavans originally ran last fall in The Forward, is a news media organization for a Jewish American audience. State Rep. Matt Krause, a Republican candidate for Texas attorney.
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