Libraries Report Record Number Of Challenged Books

The Hill reports:

Parents and political groups lodged complaints against nearly 1,600 books in more than 700 libraries and library systems across the country in 2021, a new record of conservative activism that largely targeted tomes involving race, gender and the LGBTQ community, a new report has found.

The American Library Association (ALA) said in its annual assessment that twice as many “challenges” to books were made over the course of one three-month period — from September to November of last year — than in the entirety of 2020. The 330 challenges in that period compared to 377 made in all of 2019.

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— American Library Association (@ALALibrary) April 4, 2022

Complaints about books at public schools and libraries more than doubled in 2021, the American Library Association says. The association counted more than 700 complaints last year, the most since it began keeping records more than 20 years ago. https://t.co/KKYYtwm6mU

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 4, 2022