Opinion by Greg Sargent: New fears about Ron DeSantis’s book crackdowns show his odious game
“classroom instruction” on “sexual orientation or gender identity” through third grade, and partially restricts it in higher grades. If that applies to school libraries, it could mean they are barred from having books “with different kinds of families accessible to grades K through three,” says Jarrett — meaning they couldn’t keep them on general library shelves, which are also open to older students.
That vague language is leading librarians to fear that DeSantis’s laws do apply to libraries, or at least that those laws should serve as guides to what should be removed from them, Jarrett says: “The training definitely was meant to scare people.” So Jarrett recently wrote a formal request to the department, asking for clarification on how those laws “affect self-selected material in a school library.” She still hasn’t received an answer, she says, though importantly, the department has recognized this as a valid demand and has promised an answer soon.department clarifies in writing that the laws don’t apply to libraries, that would be welcome.
It is designed to make educators feel perpetually in danger. They then fear that the “wrong” language about our racial past or the persistence of discrimination behind ostensibly colorblind laws and institutions, or the “wrong” answer to a student’s question about LGBTQ issues, risks legal punishment. Better to refrain from discussing such dangerous topics.
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