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Pennsylvania students fight back against anti-racism books being banned from school libraries

Pennsylvania students fight back against anti-racism books being banned from school libraries
REALLY APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK Y.OU SOLEDAD: WE'VE BEEN FOCUSED ON CHANGE MAKERS, PEOPLE WITH PRACTICA SLOLUTIONS TO SOME OF THE NATION'S MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS. RECENTLY LIBRARIANS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES AT THE CENTER OF A CONTROVERSY FOR WHICH A SOLUTION SCENES ELUSIVE. THE ISSUE IS CENSORSHIP IN ETH FORM OFOOK B BANNING. JOIE CHEN MET A GROUP OF STUDENTS TAKINGHE T LEAD. >> JUST NORTH OF THE HISTOCRI MASON-DIXON LINE, A NEW CULTURAL DIVIDE EMERGED DRAWN ACROSS THE SPRAWLING CAMPUS AS SOME SURPRISING THINGS WERE TARGETED. >> NOT QUITE SNOW WHITE. >> HITCHEDDEN FIGURES. JOIE: IN ALL, DOESENINGS OF BOOKS WERE ONHE T LIST, INCLUDING ONES WRITTEN BY A NOBEL PRIZEWINNER, A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, SEVERAL CELEBRATED CHILDREN'S AUTHORS, AND EVEN A COLORING BOOK. ALSTMOLL A OF THEM WRITTEN ABOUT OR BY PPLEOE OF COLOR. >> A DR. SSSEU BOOK. >> PINK IS FOR BOYS. JOIE: IRONICALLY, THE LIST WAS DESIGNED TO BE A RESOURCE, HIGHLIGHTING LGBTQ COMMUNITIES. INCH STANDD,AREN CTRAL I DON'T RECOLLECT HIGH MADE HEADLINES FOR INTOLERANCE. YWH WERE THESE BOOKS PICKED? >> THAT IS A GDOO QUESTNIO AND I DON'T KNOW BUT I DO THINK IT'S INTESTREING THAT ALL THESE BOOKS WERE ABOUT BI-POC MEMBERS. >> THIS IS OUR SCHOOL, SOMETHING WE'RE NOT READING OVER THE NS.EW >> IT'S SHOCKING AND HURTFUL. I TEXTED HE WERE SAYING WITH EVEN TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND SHE SAID I AGREE. >> WE CAME TOGETHER AS A GROUP AND STARTED PROTESTING AND ASKED OUR FRIENDS TO COME ALONG WITH US. JOIE: OTHERS QUICKLY JOINED IN. SOCIALEDIA M DREW SUPPORTERS FAR FROM CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND AT I DON'T RECOLLECT CTRENAL BEFORE CLASS EACH MORNING, THE PROTEST GREW. HOW DIDOU FEEL STANDING OUT ON THE STREET? >> AT FIRST IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW OTHER KIDS WOULD RESPOND TO IT. I>> WAS NERVOUS FOR SOME TEACHERS BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN PUT IN A HORRIBLE SITUATION BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BE COMFORTABLE SAYING WHAT THEY WANT FOR FEAR OF BEING PUNISHED. >> MILO'S MUSEUM TELLS THE STORY OF A GIRL WHO TAKES REPRESENTATION INTO HER OWN HANDS. >> WELCOME TO MY MUSEUM, SHE TOLD THEM WITH A PROUD SMILE. MI' MILO, YOUR CURATEOND A DOE SCENT -- DOE SENT. >> WRITERS OFTEN BENEFIT FROM OKBO BANS. BUT SHE FEARS THE WHICH I WILL GO EFFECT OF BOOKAN B THIS IS SCHOOLS. >> I THINK IT MAKES EDUCATORS AND LIBRARIANS A LOT FOR SELF-CONSCIOUS. I THINK AUTHORS -- SOME PEOPLE FEEL ENERGIZED BY IT BECAUSE IT REMINDS US OF THE IMPORTANCEF BOOKS IN THE CLASSROOM. JOIE: WHICH IS WHYHE T VOICES OF YOUNG ACTIVISTS WERE KEY TO THE FIGHT. >> YOUR VCEOI HAS TO STAND IN FOR THE VOICE THAT JUST GOT SILENCED AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE DID. THEY INSISTED ON BEING HEARD AND 245 FOOLS IN THE TRADITION OF ACTIVISM AGAINST INJUSTICE. JOIE: AFTER DAYS OF DEMONSTRATIONS, THE SCHOOL BOARD BACKED DOWN. THE BOOKS WERE ALLOW TOED REMAIN. A LIFE LESSON FOR THE YOUNG CHANGE MAKERS. >> WHAT WE CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THE BANNING OF BOOKS IN I DON'T RECOLLECT IS THAT WHEN WE LISTEN TO YOUR YOUNG PEOPLE, WHEN WE ENGAGE THEM IN CONVERSATION, FIND OUT WHAT THEY NEED AND WHAT THEY VALUE, THAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITYTRON SGER. JOIE: AND AS MORE BOOK BANS POP UP AROUNDHE T COUNTRY, IN COMMUNITIES MIKE SPOTSLE AVAILABLEA V,IRGINIA, AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND SANDY, UTAH, STUDENTS? OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE STARTED ASKING THE I DON'T RECOLLECT TEENS FOR ADVICE. >> I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTINUE TO TALK AND NOTE B SCARED OF THE LACK OF RESPONSE OF OTHER PEOPLE. >> THOUGH I AM 17, I CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND I CAN BE A P.POSITIVE DIFFERENCE AROUND THE PEOPLE AROUND ME. IT TAKES COURAGE AND BEING UNCOMFORTABLE FOR A LITETL BIT. BUT YOU CAN DO IT. IF YOU SEE SOMETNGHI WRONG, SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO
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Pennsylvania students fight back against anti-racism books being banned from school libraries
A Pennsylvania school board has reversed its decision to ban anti-racism books and resources.The Central York school board unanimously approved the reinstatement of a list of anti-racism books and resources, effective immediately, spokeswoman Julie Randall Romig confirmed to CNN.The reversal comes a week after a student protest and a heated virtual school board meeting about the "diversity resource list" that was banned from the curriculum by the board last year. Last year, the all-White school board unanimously banned a list of educational resources that included a children's book about Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai's autobiography, and CNN's Sesame Street town hall on racism.School officials had said that the materials had not been banned, but were "frozen" while the board vetted them. But that process took nearly a year.The York school student group, which says it champions diversity education for all children, said they were surprised by the board's decision."The reversal of this ban was surprising but not surprising in a way most think," the Panther Anti-Racist Union (PARU) Executive Board said in a statement. "We hope that this was a lesson for this community and leadership: that injustice cannot and will not be tolerated any longer."It took five high school students "organizing a peaceful walk-in protest for each day two weeks ago to help make sure that our district heard that they (and many others) did not feel represented by this resource ban," Ben Hodge, Central York High School teacher and PARU staff adviser, told CNN."They are heroes and should be celebrated as bastions of American freedom and democracy. I want to be clear, these kids did this."Discussions about race in York erupted in the wake of last summer's racial justice protests, with students having more conversations about racism and the need to create more inclusive environments.

A Pennsylvania school board has reversed its decision to ban anti-racism books and resources.

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The Central York school board unanimously approved the reinstatement of a list of anti-racism books and resources, effective immediately, spokeswoman Julie Randall Romig confirmed to CNN.

The reversal comes a week after a student protest and a heated virtual school board meeting about the "diversity resource list" that was banned from the curriculum by the board last year.

Last year, the all-White school board unanimously banned a list of educational resources that included a children's book about Rosa Parks, Malala Yousafzai's autobiography, and CNN's Sesame Street town hall on racism.

School officials had said that the materials had not been banned, but were "frozen" while the board vetted them. But that process took nearly a year.

The York school student group, which says it champions diversity education for all children, said they were surprised by the board's decision.

"The reversal of this ban was surprising but not surprising in a way most think," the Panther Anti-Racist Union (PARU) Executive Board said in a statement.

"We hope that this was a lesson for this community and leadership: that injustice cannot and will not be tolerated any longer."

It took five high school students "organizing a peaceful walk-in protest for each day two weeks ago to help make sure that our district heard that they (and many others) did not feel represented by this resource ban," Ben Hodge, Central York High School teacher and PARU staff adviser, told CNN."

They are heroes and should be celebrated as bastions of American freedom and democracy. I want to be clear, these kids did this."

Discussions about race in York erupted in the wake of last summer's racial justice protests, with students having more conversations about racism and the need to create more inclusive environments.