Sam Goldman interviews Adam Tritt, teacher and founder of Foundation 451, an
organization formed in response to the bans on books in Florida schools.
Find out more at their website foundation451.org
Adam Tritt:
The
Parental Rights bill states that anyone can challenge a book, no matter
where they are. They don't have to read the book. All they have to do
is say it is harmful to children, it hurts their souls and the book is
immediately taken off the shelves in Florida…We have public education
for the good of the country so that we can create an educated electorate
with critical thinking skills...
We should all learn about each other,
learn about ourselves and learn about each other. I need to read books
about other people like me. They need to read books about people like
them. They need to read books about people who aren't like that.
Those
are the books they are banning, the books the kids need….Go to the
marches. Go out there, get out there, make sure the books are
available…We'll keep doing what we're doing because direct action is
where it's at.
Sam Goldman:
if you want people to go along with the shredding of civil rights, the
shredding of democratic rights. you can't have them in the pages. You
can't promote and propel a genocidal white supremacist program and have
books that celebrate Blackness and anti-racism. You can't go after in
the most vicious ways against women, against LGBTQ people and have
classrooms rich in examinations of issues around identity and patriarchy.
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