I recently wrote about how the book bans sweeping the nation aren't about the books themselves. I received a lot of feedback about how this perspective made more sense than just pockets of people bothered by specific titles. And how taking this in a broader perspective also raises the level of concern about what is actually happening.
I recently wrote about how the book bans sweeping the nation aren't about the books themselves. I received a lot of feedback about how this perspective made more sense than just pockets of people bothered by specific titles. And how taking this in a broader perspective also raises the level of concern about what is actually happening.
"Book bans are not so much about the content of specific books as they are about instilling fundamental Christian nationalism, packaged in a glossy white box with a pink OR blue bow, and sold to Americans as “grassroots efforts to protect our children.” The movements hawking that box are proclaiming loudly that American will be safe when it is white, straight, wealthy, patriarchal, and bound by biblically self-justified moralistic rules, handpicked from a 2000-year old text.
This may seem like an extreme interpretation about the actions of a few, “innocent” soccer moms who have proclaimed themselves to be “moms for ‘liberty’” and “joyful warriors” but their end game is far from innocent and far more insidious than they let on. The short-game is to destabilize and create chaos. The long-game is to dismantle public libraries and privatize public schools using voucher systems. Private schools where the white nationalistic narrative can be indoctrinated and strictly controlled."
I recently wrote about how the book bans sweeping the nation aren't about the books themselves. I received a lot of feedback about how this perspective made more sense than just pockets of people bothered by specific titles. And how taking this in a broader perspective also raises the level of concern about what is actually happening.
"Book bans are not so much about the content of specific books as they are about instilling fundamental Christian nationalism, packaged in a glossy white box with a pink OR blue bow, and sold to Americans as “grassroots efforts to protect our children.” The movements hawking that box are proclaiming loudly that American will be safe when it is white, straight, wealthy, patriarchal, and bound by biblically self-justified moralistic rules, handpicked from a 2000-year old text.
This may seem like an extreme interpretation about the actions of a few, “innocent” soccer moms who have proclaimed themselves to be “moms for ‘liberty’” and “joyful warriors” but their end game is far from innocent and far more insidious than they let on. The short-game is to destabilize and create chaos. The long-game is to dismantle public libraries and privatize public schools using voucher systems. Private schools where the white nationalistic narrative can be indoctrinated and strictly controlled."
https://open.substack.com/pub/danismart/p/book-bans-are-not-about-books?r=1c5095&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Wow Dani. You hit the nail on the head. Nothing to add.