[CASL-L] NYT Library Opinion piece

[Laureen Anthony]

The author also conveniently leaves out that the majority (about 60%) of the books currently challenged in Texas are  books with LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The "opposing balanced viewpoint" to being gay or trans is the erasure of those people.

Laureen Lemire Anthony  (She/her)
GHS Library Media Specialist

I am currently reading Out of Darkness by Ashley Perez and The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E. Schwab.

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The author of that piece leaves out the librarian’s other duty of care, access to fact-based and reliable information.   Can’t call it neutral just because it gives equal weight to left vs right, that’s a false equivalency.  Also, if woke means Democratic and inclusive, I’m all right with that.

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On Feb 24, 2022, at 9:08 AM, Cathy Andronik via CASL-L <casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:


Juliann, good points.  As I tell my uni students, genuine diversity in children's and YA books really blossomed just about ten years ago, with We Need Diverse Books to thank for it.  Before then, even if diversity was represented, it was often written by a person not a member of the group, and thus not always an accurate representation.  (And hello!  UB!!!!!!  Congratulations.)

Cathy Andronik
Retired (Brien McMahon HS, Norwalk)

On Thursday, 24 February 2022, 09:01:38 am GMT-5, Juliann T. Moskowitz <juliann14 at hotmail.com> wrote:


As the author is a fellow at a conservative think tank, his opinion is not surprising. I would argue however, that the addition of materials that he calls "woke" are just an effort to balance out materials that support his and other conservative world views that have long been part of many library collections.




Juliann T. Moskowitz

Instruction and Information Literacy Librarian

Wahlstrom Library

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, CT 06604












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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/opinion/battle-library-neutrality.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxftm3iWka3DPDmweiOMNAo6B_EGKb6N_e98-mjCaTsVIKq5qQvFv0vVWO01xWk-ovp6A0twjEhkClLiSDCkwzo6fGvcx6yPrZW20b-klzbfm4EKPdWngUaDA1SAgdxJv9cY2aVn6iXYIxP2SG7F-3MJsnqt0XuAMTjwDYyKNvPTpGk8-bI3ANkeAn1FwD-JJWjjTnsqe6KYAdWhRC1HFT3B_4QUs-Y8WeYNXbOukcUlWKIepiq4RC2doMI6oG5Y1IoDVnL1qurXOwgeev57U04IyrAwajG7cPB19gQ&smid=url-share


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