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Think of the Children: Bursting the Bubble
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Producer Tommy Joia on this episode:
Last year, I went to my town’s board of education meeting with some friends and saw parents advocating for twelve books to be taken off of shelves. We were all taken aback by this, as we never really expected it to happen in our own hometown.
Since then, book banning has only become a more prevalent issue. Through this podcast I’d hope to bring awareness to it so it doesn’t slip from the public consciousness. I would also hope to break down some of the beliefs parents have so that listeners could gain an understanding of why they want books to be banned, and why their arguments can be disingenuous or ill-informed.
When books are banned, topics surrounding various minority communities are kept from students in schools. With that, there is not only a lack of representation, but also a lost opportunity for students to understand their peers and themselves.
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