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Bill Jorth (wdjorth@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 17-Oct-2024 05:36:20 JST Bill Jorth

https://open.substack.com/pub/popularinformation/p/texas-county-sidelines-librarians?r=2nggq&utm_medium=ios
Texas county government reclassifies a well-studied history of indigenous people as fiction against the professional librarian designation. Another example of white nationalism trying to protect itself.
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  Texas county sidelines librarians, reclassifies book on abuse of Native Americans as "fiction"
  
  from Judd Legum
  
  A Texas county has mandated public libraries move a well-regarded children's book documenting the mistreatment of Native Americans in New England — Colonization and the Wampanoag Story — from the "non-fiction" section to "fiction." The decision was made after the government of Montgomery County, under pressure from right-wing activists, removed librarians from the process of reviewing children's books and replaced them with a "Citizens Review Committee."

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