Imo, the vast majority of banned books are in no danger of being forgotten or ignored, at least in the US. The ones I see getting banned are still widely read anyway.
as it happens here, where the attempts from the local city government to recommend books banned by the dictatorship are laughable, because the government itself is still pro-armed forces and conservative/right wing overall. No one really believes what they are doing, but it looks very shiny and politically correct, doesn't it? >:(
Ah. Yeah. That's a very different environment from the US one.
it's important to make sure that the freedom to read and choose, like you said, is never taken away in the first place, and that this message reaches as many people as possible.
Agreed!
I'm hopeful too! I haven't been involved enough in ALA to know much pull the president has, but we'll see!
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as it happens here, where the attempts from the local city government to recommend books banned by the dictatorship are laughable, because the government itself is still pro-armed forces and conservative/right wing overall. No one really believes what they are doing, but it looks very shiny and politically correct, doesn't it? >:(
Ah. Yeah. That's a very different environment from the US one.
it's important to make sure that the freedom to read and choose, like you said, is never taken away in the first place, and that this message reaches as many people as possible.
Agreed!
I'm hopeful too! I haven't been involved enough in ALA to know much pull the president has, but we'll see!