[ATTW-L] 850 books at risk in Texas

[Dragga, Sam]

To jump start a lively conversation on the perils of censorship, consider the letter issued by a Texas legislator to the Texas Education Agency regarding a list of 850 books evidently considered dangerous for their potential to “make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress because of their race or sex or convey that a student, by virtue of their race or sex, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously” (which would be illegal according to a new Texas law).

The letter is available at https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/965725d7f01b8a25ca44b6fde2f5519b/krauseletter.pdf, and the 16-page appendix listing the books by title, author, and year of publication is at https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/94fee7ff93eff9609f141433e41f8ae1/krausebooklist.pdf.

Sam
Sam Dragga
Professor Emeritus
Texas Tech University
sam.dragga at ttu.edu
1-806-543-6099

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