Critical Race Theory and the banning of Black authors in schools, libraries, and prison

Celeste Headlee paused as she contemplated how Black authors have for many years endured the banning of their books in colleges, libraries, on cabinets throughout the nation, and even in prisons.

In the summertime of 2020 and the aftermath of the homicide of George Floyd, a serious publishing home turned down the chance to acquire Headlee’s e book “Speaking of Race: Why Everybody Needs to Talk About Racism – and How to Do It.”
The explanation?

“They mentioned that they had sufficient books on race and that this subject is roofed for us,” Headlee recounted. “It was very stunning since we have been providing it in the summertime of 2020.”

Headlee, who co-hosts the Retro Report on PBS and is affectionately often known as the “light-skinned Black Jew,” finally bought her e book to Harper Collins Publishing, who printed it in 2021.

She counts amongst dozens of Black authors whose works are being pulled from faculty libraries underneath the pretext that they’re instructing important race idea.

As famous in a current report, many of the books focused don’t train important race idea however are written by and about folks of coloration.