<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">I was shocked to see <i>Caste </i>on this list! Everyone should read this wonderful and informative book.</font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4">Mary <br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><font size="4"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><font size="4">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="4"><span>Mary Schuster,
Professor Emerita<span></span></span></font></p><font size="4">
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Writing Studies<span></span></span></font></p><font size="4">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span><font size="4">University of Minnesota</font><span></span></span></p>
</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 3:50 PM Jordan Frith <<a href="mailto:frithjh@gmail.com">frithjh@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Sam,<div>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. <br><br>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."</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 3:33 PM Dragga, Sam <<a href="mailto:Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank">Sam.Dragga@ttu.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>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 “<span style="color:rgb(12,22,40)">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).<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="color:rgb(12,22,40)">The letter is available at <a href="https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/965725d7f01b8a25ca44b6fde2f5519b/krauseletter.pdf" target="_blank">
https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/965725d7f01b8a25ca44b6fde2f5519b/krauseletter.pdf</a></span>, and the 16-page appendix listing the books by title, author, and year of publication is at
<a href="https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/94fee7ff93eff9609f141433e41f8ae1/krausebooklist.pdf" target="_blank">
https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/94fee7ff93eff9609f141433e41f8ae1/krausebooklist.pdf</a>.
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<p>Sam <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Sam Dragga<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Professor Emeritus<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Texas Tech University<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sam.dragga@ttu.edu" target="_blank">sam.dragga@ttu.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">1-806-543-6099<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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