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by JuniperMesos 56 days ago
I don't think libraries are neutral technocratic establishments at all. I don't think the American Library Association is neutral either, nor do I think this is true of their list of banned books. There's a reason why they have Gender Queer on it and not Camp of the Saints, and it has to do with their politically-motivated criteria for what institutions curating books they see as important, but also what actual books their membership does and does not object to.