contentbotB to Cool GuidesEnglish · 4 months agoA cool guide to U.S. states with the most book bansi.redd.itimagemessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1236arrow-down117file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareTheDeepState@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·4 months agoCalifornia and New York banned more books than Mississippi.
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months agoWell yeah, you don’t have to ban many books when you’ve got a single digit literacy rate. /s
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoYou may not be far off the mark. It’s likely that a lot of the banned books aren’t in libraries in Mississippi. They do their kids dirty.
minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoIn 2023 California banned banning books: https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201804972/california-gov-newsom-barring-book-bans-race-lgbtq I couldn’t find what books actually got banned in California. Some of those Cali districts are deep red though.
minus-squareTheDeepState@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·4 months agoI’m pretty sure that Mississippi is deep red too.
minus-squareIMongoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoYep, I was just trying to see what exactly was banned in California and it turns out probably nothing now.
California and New York banned more books than Mississippi.
Well yeah, you don’t have to ban many books when you’ve got a single digit literacy rate.
/s
You may not be far off the mark. It’s likely that a lot of the banned books aren’t in libraries in Mississippi. They do their kids dirty.
In 2023 California banned banning books:
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/26/1201804972/california-gov-newsom-barring-book-bans-race-lgbtq
I couldn’t find what books actually got banned in California. Some of those Cali districts are deep red though.
I’m pretty sure that Mississippi is deep red too.
Yep, I was just trying to see what exactly was banned in California and it turns out probably nothing now.