The article discusses the recent actions by the Department of Defense to compile a list of 'too woke' books that are deemed inappropriate for military families. Titles such as 'Hillbilly Elegy' by JD Vance and 'Freckleface Strawberry' are included, raising concerns about the nature of censorship and the underlying reasons for this ban. The author questions the motivations behind these decisions, suggesting a bias against narratives that do not conform to mainstream ideals of wealth and privilege, thus highlighting a broader issue of censorship in education.
There's been some friendly fire in the new Administration's rush to scrub anything that doesn't glorify wealthy white males from publicly funded classroom curricula.
I’ve no clue why this book was banned. Unless being poor, white, and Appalachian is the new Black (it isn’t), my assumption would be that it got nicked...
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