[ATTW-L] 850 books at risk in Texas

[Mary Schuster]

I was shocked to see *Caste *on this list! Everyone should read this
wonderful and informative book.

Mary

Mary Schuster, Professor Emerita

Department of Writing Studies

University of Minnesota

On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 3:50 PM Jordan Frith <frithjh at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sam,
> Thank you for this list! This would definitely be a great conversation
> starter in class, and as always...thank you for sharing such great
> materials with this list and sparking cool teaching ideas.
>
> Also, I can't quite get over the irony that the same people who throw
> around terms like "snowflake" are happy to ban hundreds of books because
> they might make someone feel "discomfort."
>
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 3:33 PM Dragga, Sam <Sam.Dragga at ttu.edu> wrote:
>
>> 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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