10 Books Texas Officials Want to Ban From Schools - The Atlantic

…That list also evokes the long history of deeming any LGBTQ expression, no matter how inoffensive or nonsexual, as "explicit" or "adult." Likewise, many in this country argue that acknowledging American racism should be off-limits in schools. In other words, the removal of books that focus on racism and LGBTQ topics isn't a side effect of an otherwise inoffensive attempt to remove pornographic or upsetting material: It's the goal…

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/12/texas-book-ban-between-the-world-and-me/620938/