A new study reveals that the new Trumpist administrator’s problems are banned about race, gender or LGTBI collective.
‘Queer’, racial or gender -focusing books are experiencing more censorship in the new wave Prohibitions Book In the United States.
A data collection carried out by the organization Pen America Most of the books prohibited in American schools are engaged in racial or sexual diversity. 4,218 titles banned in the 2023-2024 academic year 36 % including racial characters. Other 29 % Including censorship books Heroes or themes LGBTQ+.
Despite more Half of American school children are not whiteIt has been tried to reduce students throughout the country’s access to the literature on racial issues. Pen by investigating the details of banned books, Banned historical or biographical books, 44% included racial people with 29% African Americans.
“This selective censorship means a historically marginalized and irrelevant representative attack on populations. A dangerous attempt to erase their dates and success from schools,” he said. Sabrina BaêtaPen America Director of Freedom Program to Read. “When we remove the shelves of book libraries in certain groups, we disappoint the purpose of a library collection that all people should reflect the lives of all people. Harmful results for young people real.”
LGTBI theme books are often accused of sexually exposed to sexual open materials as a reason for their prohibitions. However, Pen analyzed the banned 4,218 books forbidden, Only 13% described detailed sexual experiences. According to Pen investigation, more than 10,000 books were banned in the United States during this period. As the main reason for these prohibitions, they draw attention to a worrying increase in the “white superior ideology and Christian nationalist” and a worrying increase as the reasons for their focus on ‘queer’ and racialized people.
PEN’s research covers the last school year. Since Donald Trump came to power at the beginning of 2025, the newly elected president has brought high -gentle policies to reduce access to education on diversity.
And Ministry of Defense Consensus 67,000 children from 160 schools in the United States and 11 countries, including 65 educational institutions in Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, England and Belgium. Actress’s Children’s Book Julianne Moore “Freckleface Strawberry”, which tells the story of a girl who accepts her freckles. Moore explained in his book that he did not understand what kind of content is objectionable.
Trump’s bans of Dei also eliminated materials in the black history of the classes of the Ministry of Defense. At the beginning of this month, Craig Trainor, the Undersecretary of Temporary Civil Rights, issued a letter to protecting federal funds to educational institutions participating in the training institutions that participated in the training, programming and discipline (DEI).
