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The Tennessee Conservative Staff –
The Knox County School Board sent a list on Tuesday to schools in the district, instructing them to remove close to 50 books from their libraries in order to comply with the state’s Age-Appropriate Materials Act.
Back in July, the district’s board of education adopted a policy that would remove students’ access to “explicit” books in light of the newly passed state law. That policy bans any books that “contain nudity or descriptions or depictions of sexual excitement, sexual conduct, excess violence, or sadomasochistic abuse.”
When that policy was adopted, then-board member Susan Horn stated that “the intent is really just to make sure we are in compliance with state law and to make sure our schools and staff and parents are aware of that and the easiest way to do that is making sure our policies match the state.”
Legislators say the law was created to allow parents to have more control over what children are exposed to, including instruction that does not align with the family’s beliefs. State policies provide parents with a means of monitoring what their children are exposed to in school libraries, as well as in classrooms.
Moms for Liberty has been instrumental in the fight against explicit materials in school, stating that they are “fighting for the survival of American by unifying, educating, and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government.”
Knox County’s decision to remove those explicit titles follows suit with several other counties across the state. Wilson County Schools removed more than 400 books from their libraries, while Montgomery County released a list of 150 removed titles and Rutherford County removed six.
Below is a complete list of removed titles, as provided by Knox County Schools. The accuracy of the list was confirmed by Knox County District 7 School Board Member Steve Triplett.
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What problem could ANYONE have with “In the Night Kitchen” by Maurice Sendak?
Anyone care to answer?
Perhaps the parents who practice decency are bothered that their young children are more preoccupied as to why the boy is naked with his penis showing. And no explanation. Hence, no reason except perhaps exhibitionism of the adult.
Unfamiliar with any of them, but hope they all needed to go.
But of course. Because you’re a sheep. Someone tells you a book is bad, and you automatically believe it. And the fact that you aren’t familiar with ANY of those titles speaks volumes.
It may be that several counties have removed obscene books from their libraries, but there has been no evidence presented that the 138 books listed by Rutherford County School Board were ever in or removed from their libraries. Board member Frances Rosales, who provided the list, refused to disclose to the rest of the board where her list came from. Further, these 138 books remain under “consideration” for removal they hav not actually been removed; there removal is still under consideration and it ‘seems’ the TN obscene book law’s implementation is being slow-walked by the some board members.