Number of book challenges nationwide doubled from 2021 as book ban movement gathers speed in Republican-led states
Texas made the most attempts to ban or restrict books in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association (ALA).
Last year, there were 1,269 documented censorship attempts to restrict 2,571 unique titles – the highest number ever recorded by ALA’s Office of Intellectual Freedom and double the 729 book challenges made in 2021.
Texas made 93 attempts to restrict access to over 2,300 books.
The book ban movement, has been gaining speed in recent years across the US, particularly in Republican-led states, and is becoming a central theme in religious-political activism. Often the books contain issues related to LGBTQ+ communities or race.
Well its the biggest red state, so that lines up. Remember, when a red state school rotates its library collection, its a ban. When a bluevstate does it, its business as usual.
That’s not “rotating its library collection.”
“Overwhelmingly, we’re seeing these challenges come from organized censorship groups that target local library board meetings to demand removal of a long list of books they share on social media.”
Maybe you should try reading sometime.