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Florida’s Book Ban Playbook: Read the Racy Parts

Oct 22, 2023
Elle Reeve, a CNN journalist, explores Florida's new law that has sparked book banning in schools. The podcast discusses the tactics used by conservative groups to remove certain books, the impact on school board meetings, and students' perspectives on the effort to control their access to books.
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  • Conservative groups in Florida are using a new law to remove books from school libraries by reading explicit passages out of context during school board meetings, leading to over a thousand cases of book removals.
  • The book banning controversy in Florida raises concerns about potential abuse and manipulation, with people from outside the school district participating in school board meetings to read objectionable excerpts without having read the entire books themselves, while students advocate for individual choice and critical thinking in their reading selections.

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The Rise of Book Banning in Florida

In response to COVID rules, a group called Moms for Liberty in Florida shifted their focus to the supposed presence of pornography and inappropriate ideas in school libraries and classrooms. They lobbied for a new law that allows books to be immediately removed if a passage is read out loud and deemed offensive by the school board. This has resulted in over a thousand cases of book removals in Florida schools. However, critics argue that reading isolated passages out of context in a public meeting does not accurately represent the themes or messages of the books.

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