'As important as it gets': LeVar Burton talks importance of Banned Books Week
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2023
- Banned Books Week kicks off as schools and public libraries are targeted across the country. This year’s Honorary Chair, LeVar Burton talks about the importance of having unrestricted access to books.
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I am a hard core bibliophile. Thanks Levar for a life of advocating literacy. I watched Roots with my family when it first played. The nation was better for it. Thanks Jordy.
I hope you felt appropriately guilty after watching Roots and handed over all your property -- especially your beloved books -- as reparations.
😅😅 you watched roots😅 sounds like a little virtue signalling😅
@@earnesttbass8107Holding an upside down Bible is also virtue signaling, only without the virtue.
Didn't read the book?
@@RyanRoberson-gc1op. Nice choice
Burton is 66 years old yet he looks 40.
That's what a life of not succumbing to hate can do for you!
He's an old favorite, and still looks great, but the snow white chin strap, and steve jobs black turtle neck ain't helping :)
Genetics.
He does look great. He looks a lot younger than his actual age.
@@deanfiora4227naw. That's black genes
The sad thing about book 📚 banning, is that it's by people with low reading comprehension.
Yep sure.... can you state a source?
@@stacy6994 While they may be inaccurate in their statement, many(maybe even most) people proposing banned books have admitted to not even reading them, just going with what they have heard from someone else. There was a guy in Florida who in order to challenge a book, you had to fill out a form for each book. He challenged several hundred books and on each one marked the box for "did not read." Another one in Florida was a man who challenged over 3,000 books. I dare you to find proof he's even read half of those. I am a VERY avid reader and doubt I have read that many in my whole life time.
LeVar Burton, who we saw in *Reading* Rainbow, THE most beloved, wholesome, valuable Children's and Youth's Television show in the History of Television, is invited as *Guest* of *Honor* .
How about the Lawn Boy? Found in middle school libraries. 2 ten year old boys sucking each other off, then meets an older man mowing lawns for more of the same?? DISGUISTING!!!!!!
Books are clearly NOT being banned, You can go to just about any PUBLIC library in those states and find the books Regressives/Leftist/Liberals/Democrat scum are claiming as banned! Are some books with adult content being restricted in Elementary Public schools due to age inappropriateness! YES and that should be for every school in the country!
She held it together so much better than I would have. The impact LaVar Burton had on lives, on my life -- and still does! These are fights worth fighting.
Books are clearly NOT being banned, You can go to just about any PUBLIC library in those states and find the books Regressives/Leftist/Liberals/Democrat scum are claiming as banned! Are some books with adult content being restricted in Elementary Public schools due to age inappropriateness! YES and that should be for every school in the country!
I am with you and enjoyed her fan crush on my behalf. The interview was very good and her happiness with talking to Le Var Burton only made it better!
His impact was a UCLA unknown. Alex Haley wrote that book. Levar was one of hundreds in the cast. The character Kunta Kinte would never espouse what Burton does. Besides, Roots was 50 years ago. How has Burton been influential to anything besides Sesame Street? He's certainly not a Hollywood star.
@@anthonythomas1504 I can not tell if you're making a joke. He was the host of Reading Rainbow which ran for 23 years. In addition he ran a Podcast of reading stories to adults. He is so beloved for his love of reading that Neil Gaiman gave him permission to read any of his stories without paying a royalty for them. These two projects alone give credence to his knowledge and love of books, and literacy.
You may snub him for not being a "star" but he was also in Star Trek: TNG, which continues to have a massive and loving following. He has lent his voice to animated works, and he directed many TV episodes. His status may not as stellar of "star" level as you care, but he has had a long continuous and constant career with no lack of work.
Love Lavar Burton. Thank you for bringing him into the conversation.
Books are clearly NOT being banned, You can go to just about any PUBLIC library in those states and find the books Regressives/Leftist/Liberals/Democrat scum are claiming as banned! Are some books with adult content being restricted in Elementary Public schools due to age inappropriateness! YES and that should be for every school in the country!
"I read to entertain myself, to educate myself, as a way to enlighten myself--as a way to challenge my beliefs about myself."
~ LeVar Burton, American actor, director, writer, and activist. Greatly beloved for his work on "Reading Rainbow." 🌈
I'm a bibliophile myself and before snow collapsed the roof of my cabin I had over 30,000 books in my library. When I was young my parents would ask what I wanted for Christmas or my birthday my answer was always the same "BOOKS".
In the state of California my republican parents voted for "proposition 13" in 1978, which lowered property taxes, causing the libraries to limit their hours. In the city of Fremont, CA where we lived, there were kiosk's in the public parks staffed by volunteers, which loaned out balls and other playground essentials. All a child needed was a library card and the "ADULT" volunteers knew who was in the park, as a result of "prop. 13" those kiosk's were closed.
And so began the problem of the "unattended minor".
My parent's were members of the "unattended minor party"
But I prefer the "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND PARTY"
"Read the banned books because that's where the good stuff is.". Levar Burton
Words to build a lifetime's reading list by
Anyone, or party,
who attempts to ban books, or libraries, should be, MUST be, instantly arrested and put in jail for immediate bench trial sentencing.
Such act is a crime against Humanity.
I have always loved Levar Burton! I watched Reading Rainbow as a PBS kid growing up poor in a mobile home in the woods of Florida. He was an adult friend who talked about the joy of reading to me like I wasn’t a kid. I truly want to thank him for what he gave me in my youth!
If we can not learn about past mistakes due to censorship, we are bound to repeat them.
Does that apply to Dr Suess books?
Why not? if age appropriate@@Kingfisher1215
I'm a bibliophile myself and before snow collapsed the roof of my cabin I had over 30,000 books in my library. When I was young my parents would ask what I wanted for Christmas or my birthday my answer was always the same "BOOKS".
In the state of California my republican parents voted for "proposition 13" in 1978, which lowered property taxes, causing the libraries to limit their hours. In the city of Fremont, CA where we lived, there were kiosk's in the public parks staffed by volunteers, which loaned out balls and other playground essentials. All a child needed was a library card and the "ADULT" volunteers knew who was in the park, as a result of "prop. 13" those kiosk's were closed.
And so began the problem of the "unattended minor".
My parent's were members of the "unattended minor party"
But I prefer the "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND PARTY"
The folk who want to ban books don't consider slavery or burning witches as mistakes.
„Banned Books Week“ is one of the saddest things to have in an informed society.
Well yeah, thinking differently is a thought crime in the eastern and traditionalist cultures.
If you told them 1000 years ago you could combine heat acid sand and lasers to create video displays and wireless devices to connect people across the world, they'd have you killed for blasphemy.
Some of the books r pretty vile and ur dealing with children
@@berrylee5000Having a wrongly elected president talking about grabbing women by their privates is vile.
Books are clearly NOT being banned, You can go to just about any PUBLIC library in those states and find the books Regressives/Leftist/Liberals/Democrat scum are claiming as banned! Are some books with adult content being restricted in Elementary Public schools due to age inappropriateness! YES and that should be for every school in the country!
Don't tell me that I need to censor books because of YOUR children. If you even have them... @@berrylee5000
"As an educator, it's my duty to empower you to think. So that you can go forth and think 🤔 accurate thoughts about how the world is put together."
~ Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, writer, and speaker.
I'm a bibliophile myself and before snow collapsed the roof of my cabin I had over 30,000 books in my library. When I was young my parents would ask what I wanted for Christmas or my birthday my answer was always the same "BOOKS".
In the state of California my republican parents voted for "proposition 13" in 1978, which lowered property taxes, causing the libraries to limit their hours. In the city of Fremont, CA where we lived, there were kiosk's in the public parks staffed by volunteers, which loaned out balls and other playground essentials. All a child needed was a library card and the "ADULT" volunteers knew who was in the park, as a result of "prop. 13" those kiosk's were closed.
And so began the problem of the "unattended minor".
My parent's were members of the "unattended minor party"
But I prefer the "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND PARTY"
"Those who burn books will in the end burn people." --- Heinrich Heine, German Poet.
"Send more money, Joe. Ferraris are expensive!" ~ ZeIenskyy, Ukrainian despot
@@bartjargengarblbargeler1980 - How many rubles are you paid for trying to cause dissent? What a shorthead
I now live in Florida, from Detroit, Mi. I was/ am a teacher with focus on literacy and reading/ phonics, etc… Banning books should be a crime! It is ridiculous. Books are educational and informational and censorship is not okay!!
This country even forgotten the true history of "Thanksgiving which most, if not all, Americans celebrate every year. Personally, I think banning books in a country is the worst thing governments and parents could ever do to their children and dependents.
I'm a bibliophile myself and before snow collapsed the roof of my cabin I had over 30,000 books in my library. When I was young my parents would ask what I wanted for Christmas or my birthday my answer was always the same "BOOKS".
In the state of California my republican parents voted for "proposition 13" in 1978, which lowered property taxes, causing the libraries to limit their hours. In the city of Fremont, CA where we lived, there were kiosk's in the public parks staffed by volunteers, which loaned out balls and other playground essentials. All a child needed was a library card and the "ADULT" volunteers knew who was in the park, as a result of "prop. 13" those kiosk's were closed.
And so began the problem of the "unattended minor".
My parent's were members of the "unattended minor party"
But I prefer the "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND PARTY"
I remember watching “Roots” as a kid. Very impactful! When I found it on dvd I bought it. Another one on the must see list is “Holocaust “. These are good representations of atrocities that should never be repeated. I bought these to help educate my grandkids and open their eyes to some of the horrors that we CAN prevent from ever happening again.
How about reading the book?
@@RyanRoberson-gc1opYour cult is banning books. Be quiet, cultist.
LeVar Burton looking fantastic and saying such important things. I am a huge Star Trek geek and loving this interview. When TNG started he was by far the most famous person in the cast.
1 My Name is Kunta Kinte
2 reading Rainbow
He definitely does look good. And, those eyes! The one thing I didn't like about his character as La Forge. They covered up those beautiful eyes. I was so thrilled when that changed.
I loved Roots! He was only 19 when he played Kunta Kinte. I was in high school when it was first televised and was glued to the TV every night it played.
I'm glad to see his support and speaking out about banned books.
He has a good podcast where he reads short stories
🖖🏼
@@de6212 thanks for the info
@@kahetiger so very true
Levar, dear Levar is a Pied Piper for kids. They will find a way to read what they need. Voting is the solution to ending this madness.
It's A Sad Day When The Republican Party Would Rather Ban Books Instead Of Reading Them I Think You Should Read Whatever Book You Want If You Don't Like A Particular Book Than You Don't Have To Read It But Don't Try And Tell Me What I'm Allowed To Read! By The Way I'm A Huge Fan Of Levar Burton!
It's not about you reading it. It's about my little 5, 6, 7 year old going to the library and checking out a book with instructions on how to give blow jobs to men...
@@stacy6994 Lol. Libraries have checks against that happening. There is a thing called parental control, where the parent would be present when a 5, 6, or 7 year old is checking out books at a public library anyway.
You are just making excuses to control not only your child but every child.
@trevx3680 no that's not the case yes public libraries have checks with their card. But school libraries do not you bring the book up to the librarian you had the check out card to him or her the make sure the child signed their name and they usher the child through the line. The librarian keeps the card and when you return the book the librarian matches the card back to the book. Puts the card back in the book and back on the shelf. You need a reality check on how most major school libraries work in the country.
@mytmouse57
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I think Republicans are taking issue with such things as books for school kids that have features like an illustrated guide to giving rimjobs, because … you know, diversity.
Now, whether that’s actually happening could be another matter - but I think there’s at least some validity to those concerns. So, maybe we should take that into consideration before screaming “censorship! Book bans!”
In sum, I think both sides might framing this matter in hyperbolic terms.
Ladies and gentlemen, if Levar says a book is ok within context and relative situation -
*THE BOOK IS OK*
And this right here is the key to your insanity
@@aryandefenseleague8243 how vague. Which American church do you indoctrinate children at?
I just saw that Levar has issues with the earpiece falling out. I've had similar problems my whole life ... one aspect of technology that frustrates me too. LOL!! It's great to see someone fighting the banning of books, history, and stories in general though. Writers feel a call to tell the stories welling up inside their mind, be it an educational, historical, or fantastical one. Please continue to let these people speak. Thank you for your service to education throughout your career so far. Live Long, and Prosper sir!
Books are important.
(Currently shopping for my 5th bookcase 😊).
Aren't the banned books the ones the kids will want to get ahold of the most? That's typical adolescent psychology.
Banning books is what usually makes the books more desirable to adolescents. Today it is usually very difficult to get kids to read any book, if fact if those who want to ban books really wanted to stop kids reading them, then they should make it mandatory to read rather than ban them.
BUTTERFLY IN THE SKY! Love you Mr. Burton.
He aged very nice. Distinguished looking fellow. Reading Rainbow
That list of titles should be published in every centrist and liberal news outlet possible.
Thank you Levar
I can fly twice as high / Just take a look / It's in a book
One factor are parents that just can't do (teach critical thinking and set age appropriate lines within their household) what parents got to do so they tread on others infringing upon all our rights
LeVar is hero!
OMG!….I’m literally yelling at the screen, “Lavar, did you bring a book?…Please read to me NOW!”…..
"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit."
~ Anne Frank
He actually DID a Reading Rainbow episode ABOUT Star Trek: The Next Generation. LOL.
Yes he did 😁💪🏼🖖🏼
Mr Burton, thank you for being an advocate for the children and always encouraging their growth and learning through reading 💕💕
The subject of slavery is not black history it's american history.🙏🏾
Who many families got rich quick.
@@eliassalcedo5229Less than 1% of the US owned slaves.
@@GregLakatosChradm ... And?
@@ecchidragon8038If you cn't figure it out then you are hopeless.
@@GregLakatosChradm It just sounds like the usual apologism for slavery that I've heard a million times before.
I think it's ironic that some people who want to ban books believe in a book that itself has been banned over and over through history. i.e. The Bible. God gave man the right of choice so why are some people trying to take that right from others?
Now, THERE is a book that does warrant being banned! It is a disgusting and hateful tome!
Very well noted and very well phrased.
@@chrisbaker3066 So if it was up to you, you would ban the Bible?
Not necessarily but I would place it on the list IF other books, far less egregious and hateful, are getting banned, I see no reason to place it in some special consideration.@@patriotzfinder
@@chrisbaker3066 That is of course just your opinion. For many it provides moral guidance to say the least. Myself I can't see that banning a book has ever done any good in the world. Are there some that should be kept out of some hands? Perhaps, but especially in our modern world that genie is well out of the bottle. Pick any book PD or otherwise that someone has tried to ban or has banned and somewhere there is without doubt an ebook version.
What happens when the rest of the planet knows ALL of American history and yet Americans are exposed as ignorant?
Aww, it's the guy who taught me about books when I was a kid!
LeVar needs to get in touch with PBS to bring back Reading Rainbow. Kids need educational TV more than ever to counteract these people!
Geordi does not wish to be assimilated. edit - Resistance is not futile. 🇺🇲
LeVar Burton is a national treasure.
Book banning has absolutely no place in a free society. I went through this crap as a teenager in the 1970s in the public school system in Anaheim. It's the same garbage all over again; go figure.
We need to remember that no one on the right side of history banned or burned books
Geordi La Forge!
🖖🏼
Ioved reading rainbow.
I always found the reading rainbow theme song inspirational and emotionally moving.
They should keep their opinions to themselves as long as it's not evil or authoritarian it would be okay this is ridiculous babyish😢
I re-watched "Root's" just 2 months ago. LeVar Burton is fine human being!
I so enjoyed Stephanie's reaction to and celebration of LeVar Burton and her obvious experience of his work.
I go out of my way to read banned books. I don't read all of them, some do not pass my 50 page test, but I will try to read any book that is banned. Because it's banned by someone. That's all the reason I need to read it.
These list do not include ""say hey Wilie Mays" and Sammy Dsvis Jr. "Yes I Can"
I'm from Chicago. In grad school, I developed lifelong friends from first grade. Levar on PBS helped motivate me and my friends for higher learning! I'm an engineer today, another doctor, one that been with Abbott Labs for over 20 years. We grew up in the projects. We've funded scholarships in our former high school.
Thank you for sharing this nice interview of a very nice gentleman, actor and speaker!!!☺☺☺
"CAGED BIRD"
By Maya Angelou 🐦 🐦⬛
"A free bird 🐦 leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange sunrays and dares to claim the sky.
But a bird 🐦⬛ that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and and feet are are tied so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird 🐦⬛ sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird 🐦⬛ sings of freedom.
The free bird 🐦 thinks of another breeze, and the trade winds soft through the singing trees and the fat worms 🪱 waiting on a dawn bright lawn, and he names the sky his own.
But a caged bird 🐦⬛ stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts a nightmare scream, his wings are clipped, and his feet are tied, so he opens his throat to sing.
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill of things unknown but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill for the caged bird 🐦⬛ sings of freedom."
~ Maya Angelou, "Caged Bird" from "Shaker, why don't you sing?"
They're literally trying to recreate history
The man speaks the truth! LeVar Burton for the win!
I'm a bibliophile myself and before snow collapsed the roof of my cabin I had over 30,000 books in my library. When I was young my parents would ask what I wanted for Christmas or my birthday my answer was always the same "BOOKS".
In the state of California my republican parents voted for "proposition 13" in 1978, which lowered property taxes, causing the libraries to limit their hours. In the city of Fremont, CA where we lived, there were kiosk's in the public parks staffed by volunteers, which loaned out balls and other playground essentials. All a child needed was a library card and the "ADULT" volunteers knew who was in the park, as a result of "prop. 13" those kiosk's were closed.
And so began the problem of the "unattended minor".
My parent's were members of the "unattended minor party"
But I prefer the "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND PARTY"
Have you ever read the 1818 book by Mary Shelley, in it she writes the story
of Dr Frankenstein, who created a "creature" who suffered from LONELINESS.
Shall we cause are children to suffer from that same affliction?
Who is the "monster"?
Know him best as Commodore Geordi La Forge you mean
🖖🏼
Can't argue with Geordie
It’s truly a shame that ignorant & bigoted people can get books banned. They don’t even have to have children. Most haven’t even read the books. They just don’t want certain subjects being read.
I think people just dont want graphic books to be taught to kids. Some of the things rrad aloud at schoolboard meetings have been pretty vile
They (the burners) need an extreme example but the majority are pretty tame, generations have read some of them… keep in mind book banning on left also has happened.
Recommend reading: That Librarian by Amanda Jones. She’s been threatened by crazy zealots for saying libraries are for everyone!
Except they want to ban books just because you don't like the books you can't like everything as long as they're not evil or satanism or authoritarian not everyone will like it's like songs everybody wants the DJ to play their song but not everyone's going to like that song it's sad they want to ban books😢😢
LeVar Burton for President!
Whatever jordy says we do.
"You don't have the right to impose your beliefs about your kids on everybody else's children."
Have you ever read the 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury "Fahrenheit 451"
or seen either of the 2 film adaptations from 1966 or 2018.
I also recommend the 1978 novel by Penelope Fitzgerald "The Bookshop" in which the book "Fahrenheit 451" stands out predominantly (though subtly) and the 2017 film by the same title. Spoiler alert: The final scene of the movie depicts a real visual of "Fahrenheit 451", as a child is holding a book in her arms. Pay close attention to the background.... I bursted into TEARS. [ BTW: bursted is an incorrect conjugation, but who cares, it sounds right]
The 29th episode of season 2: "The Twilight Zone" - "The Obsolete Man", written by Rod Serling and first aired June 2nd, 1961, is also a must watch, about a "librarian" played by Burgess Meredith who is sentenced to death.
In Rod Serling's opening narration he says:
"...like every one of the super-states that preceded it,
it has one iron rule:
logic is an enemy and truth is a menace."
"GET THEE TO A LIBRARY"
"KNOWLEDGE IS POWER"
The Denver post recently did a story, See:
Denver post 2023/10 Colorado libraries face increasing requests to ban books
Interestingly; about the same time; windsor colorado along with the library were and are contriving to sell library/community interests in favor of corporate interests.
See:
Clearview Library District delays vote on selling vacant land to Windsor for grocery store
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Brilliant: No need to worry about banning individual books; simply remove/sell the library! And of course book stores.
When this 'sale'/gift goes through windsor will have set the example for others of like mind to follow.
What books are being banned? Name a title.
I am a voracious reader, and just the act of reading has improved the quality of my life much more than anything I learned in college. This year, I have exclusively read books that have been banned and critically reviewed by lunatics. Reading is the window to the world, but it is also relative to the student. Everyone has the propensity to digest information through the lens we view the world. In other words, everyone is biased and will remain who we are, regardless of academic credentials, race, age, gender or financial status.
Cinderella is banned but Paul Bunyan isn't? Or Davey Crockett? How about Lewis and Clark? We banning that one too? Cuz I'm offended by all of them books.
How many books has Newsom banned in California?
Basically getting taughts reading by lavar, 2nd grade by Ms. Frizz, and starship dynamics by Lt Geordy ☝️
Protect the kids.
Lists of garbage books push for at schools and librarys. Junk leaves out alot of known history.
I wish I was Lance Riddick.
Land of the Free???
I love Levar, being a trekkie❤ This is Nazism, it's disgusting
I love him too!
In short, his name is TOBY!
All kids struggle with puberty it's natural whether they admit it to you or not and I find it to be very insipid that you're going to use the excuse about being 12 or 13 years old we have more younger teenagers especially preteens getting pregnant
👏👏👏👏
If you are a republican do not talk to me about free speech unless you also denounce all of these book bans. Levar said it so well. You have the right to monitor your childrens media consumption. You do not have the right to impose that on others. IF you don't like a book, don't read it. Do not tell others they are not allowed to read it.
Any of you crying about not being able to use a racial slur (which you can by the way, but you won't because of the social consequences) and yet not standing up to book bans are hypocrites and should be ashamed of yourselves, but we also know that the majority of you don't know what shame means, and aren't looking for law. You are looking to impose your beliefs on everyone and do not care about hypocrisy.
Ridiculous. There are a lot better things that need to be done. DeSantis is dangerous and has created a dangerous pathway. This is a fascist action. Taking peoples rughts away to read, write, or learn is not ok.
So does this include Jordan Peterson's 12 Rules for Life or is it purely ideological?
Also guessing they aren't including eg Mein Kampf
Butterfly in the sky
💖
❤️📚🌈 !
No. Ban them all
Funny that is how the Bible was taken out of schools!!!!
All the best books get banned. Nobody ever banned the Bible.
Lavar “I’m gonna throw hands at your Mom” Burton. 🤣
Don't they have Barnes & noble in Florida ?
I remember when I used to watch this channel the decade ago and believe all the propaganda.😂 Levar ain’t chit after threatening women
You mean you want American books to only to be about White People?!
We know him ss toby a part of a fake families journey
Some things are not appropriate for children.
@randyward1117 - "Some things are not appropriate for children" - *Like race hatred, bigotry and censorship. All of which you evidently embrace.*
*NO THANKS - HARD PASS*
Then don't let YOUR kid read them.
@@henrymccoy7171 Such a typical modern liberal response from you. Just keep casting your hateful assumptions on people you don't know, that should prove your point.
@@rwusa1117 - *Such a typical 19th-century conservasaur response* from you. *Just keep casting your hateful assumptions* on people you don't know, *banning books, firing hardworking educators* and *screaming at people* just because *you* don't approve of their lifestyle - show your *ignorance* and *hate* for all to see - that should prove your point.
*GOD PREACHES LOVE AND TOLERANCE*
*WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE FOR YOUR HATE?*
There is a big difference between banning a book , and allowing age appropriate material... Call it what it is...
the catalogs of public libraries are being culled by local reactionaries.
this is banning a book, naked censorship, period, and it's happening all over the Less Enlightened US.
call it what it is
I say give up on the books. They're only paper.
The current inquisition has no basis in knowledge. I want to say banning books is unconstitutional per freedom of speech, but I think we take that freedom outside of what is actually written. It says we can address our grievances with the government without prosecution. It doesn't say we can say whatever we want whenever we want to whomever we want. I think the book banning should be covered by the 14th amendment section 1 as the government isn't allowed to unnecessarily make our lives jacked up. And considering the nature of the topics certain people want banned, that should be covered under the Civil Rights Act of 1871 and everybody deserves compensation for the public harassment.
I'm with Stephanie in excitement of having such a person on. And yes I know the words to Reading Rainbow. And no I'm not fully crying. They did a video on a book called My Cat Has Eyes of Sapphire Blue that I never forgot the title of. But that's not why I'm here. Stephanie mentioned Roots and I respect that but... The extremists we're dealing with are like the Pakleds. They want advancement but they don't want to put in the work. "We are not smart" And they have taken the country hostage in their pursuit of self. That's why I say let the books go. That one book right there in front of them that they have not read is not the only copy in the world. And I'm writing this with my finger on a tablet that was just a wish in 1989. We need to advance as a species and the only way to do that is to advance others. The kids should all have ebooks given to them as part of their education. But I also think all kids should have free lunch and two snacks and naptimes and outside play that is not gym class and school should go to age 20 with no drop out. Kidnapping Geordi didn't make the ship go because Geordi knew how to break it just as good as he knew how to fix it. People are worried about libraries and we got UA-cam university. The fight isn't in the words on the page, it's the knowledge in the minds. "Knowledge is power."
getting your book ban is the new way of promoting it , it's a way of playing the Victim Card / Politic's
Interesting how some of the same people outraged by book banning advocate for censoring online speech.
You wanting to say "N**ger" on the net is not the same as people not wanting a book about Rosa Parks burned by other people who are afraid of actual history being taught to children...
Please listen to me. I NEED this check or I will be HOMELESS. L. Burton, unemployed actor.
Beans, beans, the musical fruit, the more you eat them, the more you toot!
You have no idea who he is much less what his career is. Nice try at disinformation.
ok then