SEE Alliance (TALLAHASSEE, FL) — The New College of Florida is under fire after what appears to be hundreds of books that have been wiped from its collection and discarded on the street.   Social Equity Through

cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/15832268

The New College of Florida is under fire after what appears to be hundreds of books that have been wiped from its collection and discarded on the street.

The right-wing war on knowledge continues to be a five-alarm fire for American (and world) Democracy and getting worse by the day…

  • worldwidewave@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    “We basically tried to communicate to officials that there were educational nonprofits and shelters that were immediately willing to bring trucks and save all of the books … and officials refused,” said Zander Moricz, executive director at SEE.

    Moricz continued, “​​There were Bibles, there were stories of Black authors, of Latin authors, female stories, there were LGBTQ+ and queer stories, or trans stories, all thrown into a dumpster. It sends the message that New College of Florida wants to send stories of gender and diversity to the dump, and it was so heartbreaking and also very frustrating.”

    Cruelty’s the point.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
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        3 months ago

        Bibles

        Huh. Didn’t expect that.

        Have you read the thing? It’s got all sorts of killing, rape, torture, slavery, sex and violence.

        If DeSantis wants to ban “dangerous” books, it deserves to be on the pile.