Black Women Are Spearheading The Fight Against Book Bans
Alex Brown
Source: Courtesy of / Henrik Meng
Brown is a queer librarian, author, historian and book critic who fiercely believes that representation for all is deserved in schools and libraries.
In a March 2022 article for Tor.com, they outlined six steps for stopping or navigating book bans and censorship.
In the text, they additionally noted:
“Banning books is always bigger than just the ban or just the book. It’s a concerted effort to whitewash and sugarcoat history, to deny the truth of what happened and who we are as a nation, and to continue the dismantling of our public educational institutions. This current surge is not a grassroots movement of individual parents wanting to protect their children. No, for the most part these are extremely well-funded, politically connected, and highly coordinated conservative groups determined to dominate and oppress.”
