![]() ![]() Twenty-two percent of the books banned had sexual content. Forty percent had characters of color as primary or prominent secondary characters, with 21% of the titles dealing with issues of race and racism. Of the books banned, 41% had LGBTQ themes, protagonists or prominent secondary characters. PEN America’s Index of School Book Bans lists 2,532 instances of individual books being banned, and 1,648 unique book titles, between July 2021 and June 2022. PEN America, an international group that advocates for literacy freedom, released its report on the banned book movement Monday, as the annual Banned Books Week got underway. ![]() Some of those efforts got their start here in Central Florida. In the last year, there have been more than 2,500 instances of books being pulled from shelves in schools across America as conservative groups coordinate efforts to target books for numerous reasons, typically related to race or gender themes. 9 UPDATE: A revised list of books banned or under review is now available HERE. ![]()
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