Removed works include Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’; no individual reasoning given for books’ removal.

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The purge of books from Orange County Public Schools, in Orlando, over the course of the past semester is the latest consequence of a conservative movement across the country — and strongest in Florida — to rid public and school libraries of materials deemed offensive. While the vast majority of such challenged and removed books involve race, gender and sexuality, several Jewish books have previously been caught in the dragnet.

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  • Transporter Room 3
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    Can’t allow anyone to learn from history, then they won’t let them repeat it.

    • BruceTwarzen
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      At least they eradicated most indians, so they can’t repeat that.

      • Flying Squid
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        76 months ago

        They can. They’ll just find someone else to eradicate. Queer people, for instance.

        • Drusas
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          It looks increasingly and disturbingly likely that we will see some sort of second civil war, this time between the (mostly) southern and midwestern fascists and the (mostly) coastal progressives.