Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-12-11 13:26:40 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: CD3F54D83C6FA1A8C41B4D4A52B79BDEB0A8FD2EC730925B4358793D38AA0EF1
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Original Note:
The narrative around many of these "banned books" is that they were banned in "Red States." A fact often ignored is that books such as To Kill a Mockingbird & Huckleberry Finn were banned in California https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2023/09/california-book-bans/#:~:text=In%202020%2C%20Burbank%20Unified%20in,that%20the%20books%20are%20racist.
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