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A Message from Scholastic on U.S. Book Fairs
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In the regions that have banned or will ban books legislatively but still ironically hold book fairs, scholastic is letting the schools themselves decide which books to display, rather than including the books in the book fair shipments without notifying the schools first.
It's exactly this. Teachers are getting arrested over books. Do you want book fairs to end completely because a teacher won't run it because they're afraid a "bad book" might show up and it would be blamed on them?
This is a GOOD thing. Go after the shitty politicians, not Scholastic trying to accommodate this bullshit.
They could have at least made this "controversial" collection of books opt-out instead of opt-in.
Opt in makes it less likely a teacher orders it by accident. And they called it things like "stories of inclusivity". It's pretty on the nose that they support these books and are calling out those who wouldn't as being "uninclusive".
https://www.slj.com/story/Outraged-at-Scholastics-Option-to-Opt-in-or-Out-of-Receiving-Diverse-Books-Librarians-Seek-Book-Fair-Alternatives
This situation is just so sad.
Just because they're outraged doesn't make them right. Idiots get outraged all the time about things they don't understand. Ask yourself, who is legislating these changes? It's not Scholastic. So why are you acting like they're the ones pushing for this? And ignoring that they didn't call them "banned naughty books". They're called "books on inclusivity". You just want to be outraged instead of thinking it through. Pretty sad on a community about books.
Did you read the article further than the title? It's just a bunch of quotes from people going through the new process. The title is egregious but the content is helpful in understanding why teachers/school admin are frustrated.