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Professor Wiegand and I have had some small disagreements over the years, but they matter not here. The ALA, and by and large the library "establishment" has been far too unaware of their own history, what actually *happened* as opposed to view seen through the rose colored glasses that rather limit their view. The written history of librarianship, pre-Wiegand, was largely celebratory and non-critical of past events. Narrowly focused, and everybody was a hero or heroine. Any librarian hoping to understand the profession needs to read some of his books that take on the rose colored myth that ALA and the professional press buy into. Listen to this interview, do some reading, and thinking. The profession will be better for it.
❤❤❤❤❤😢😢I love books. I read a WIDE VARIETY OF BOOKS. If you don't like a book, don't read it. DON'T EVER TELL SOMEONE ELSE THEY CAN'T READ A CERTAIN BOOK. DON'T TOUCH OR BAN ANY BOOK BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT IN CHARGE OF PEOPLE'S RIGHTS, THOUGHTS, IDEAS OR LIVES. YOU DO NOT GET TO CHOOSE FOR ANYONE BUT YOU. BACK OFF HITLER AND STAY IN YOUR OWN BACK YARD. KEEP YOUR IDEAS AWAY FROM MY CONSTITUTION OF MY COUNRTY. GO BACK TO WHERE YOUR ANCESTERS CAME FROM BECAUSE YOU DON'T BELONG IN AMERICA ❤ BEACUSE WE STAND FOR OUR RIGHTS❤😊❤😊❤😊
If you go through a public school library as an adult parent and select a book about sex that says more about you than the book. Maybe its parents we should ban from the libraries instead of books.
If you go through a school library and select a book about sex. It says alot more about you than it does about the book. It says even more when you make a child read that book out loud in front of adults. Maybe it's you we should be banning from our schools instead of books.
So excited for this documentary to come out. You are all doing important work. I will support in as many ways as I can and have this movement in my prayers!
Thank you for this documentary and conversation. I can't believe we are where we are. My question is if one person is able to have one book removed , then logically can't one person demand a book be added to the library's shelf? But ideally we just need to let librarians do their job.
Since all the book challenges seem to be for English language books, perhaps librarians should base book budget on which language is least controversial. If 95% of book challenges are for English language books, then next year's book budget will allot only 5% of the money for books in English, and use the other 95% to buy books in other langauges the fundie christian parents don't know how to read anyway. Banning the English language is book banning taken to its illogical conclusion, and turnabout is fair play.
