Today, books that shaped my life—and many others—are being challenged in schools, bookstores, and libraries by people who disagree with certain ideas or perspectives. Often, these “banned books” are written by or feature people of color and members of LGBTQ communities.
This year, I’m celebrating Banned Books Week and the freedom to read with people across the country. I wrote out a few of my thoughts, and wanted to share the stories of some folks who are working on this issue. barackobama.medium.com/heres-why-i-m-…
I'm thankful for leaders like Rebecca, one of our @ObamaFoundation Scholars, and Iesha who are making sure Chicagoans of all ages have access to powerful literature. obama.org/helping-kids-a…
@BarackObama Banned books are to keep banned for good :Pornography,homosexuality,disrespectful to human beings…is anything good to learn from those books? I don’t think so
@BarackObama @clairlemon U should read passages from this inappropriate book for children, so ppl understand what u mean by “banned.” “Weird Girl & What’s His Name” (positively features statutory rape between a young boy & his boss, & a relationship between a girl & her teacher) dailysignal.com/2019/11/02/sex…
@BarackObama @JamieatHeart Meanwhile RT, Chinese media and others are banned by the US government. They call anything that goes against the official narrative propaganda and don't trust the masses to decide for themselves.
@BarackObama Shame the US wishes to lock a journalist up gor 175 years then. For publishing true information. #FreeAssange
@BarackObama I have a 9th grader and two 5th graders and I tell them if there's a book that someone wants to ban that should be the first book you pick up to read.