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In the battle over books, who gets to decide what's age-appropriate at libraries? (www.npr.org)

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Interesting article from NPR.

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[–] AzureDreamer@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I am against book banning bu6 I don't want a 10 year old access to a ton of damaging content.

The internet is bad enough, this is a hard nut to Crack but worthy of conversation.

[–] Mynsare@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The question is what constitutes "damaging content"?

[–] D3athRider@alien.top 1 points 9 months ago

Whether it gets said or not, the vast majority of the time people talking about "age appropriateness" in books are against books that include critical discussion of racism/slavery/homophobia/transphobia/misogyny, or take an inclusive perspective on gender identity, unorthodox gender presentation, non-heterosexual sexuality, non-heterosexual families, and women's rights.

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