War still raging over book that casts Cuba in a favoring light
Awhile back, I wrote a post about a library book-banning that I found particularly silly. The book put Communism in a favorable light, and parents complained.
Apparently, the war is still raging, and is amounting to a very expensive war at that:
For months, a battle has been waged over a controversial children’s book about Cuba.
Critics say the book shows Cuba in a favorable light, offensive to many Cuban immigrants.
The Miami-Dade School Board ordered “Vamos a Cuba” and the rest of the books in the series pulled from school library shelves, but a judge has put that decision on hold.
School board attorney Julie Ann Rico warned members they’d be on shaky legal ground if they banned the book, but they did it anyway. Now, the American Civil Liberties union is suing the school board, saying their decision was purely political and violates a Supreme Court decision that says: “Local school boards may not remove books from school library shelves simply because they dislike the ideas contained in those books.”
As is usual, a group of conservatives, in their push to censor or attack something they don’t like, they’re actually giving the book more publicity (The Da Vinci Code anyone?). I’ll let you know if I find out how well the book is selling.
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