How is an Anti-Communist Like a Communist?
Today's New York Times reports that the Miami-Dade School Board "voted 6 to 3 Wednesday to ban the book, 'Vamos a Cuba,' and its English version, 'A Visit to Cuba,' from its libraries, against the recommendation of two review committees and the school system's superintendent."
Why? Because "a parent objected to its contents, saying it contains deceptive information."
Among the "misleading" information are such controversial statements as "People in Cuba eat, work, and go to school like you do."
One of the six board members who voted to override the recommendations of two committees--one at the school level and another at the district level--explained that the decision was not a political one. It's simply a matter of accuracy. "We want it replaced with a book that talks about the facts of what Cuba is today. Cuba is a dictatorship, and we want the material in our libraries to be factual, not misrepresented."
The book is part of a twenty-four volume series, which Publisher's Weekly describes as "informative and colorful," offering information "in simple statements without commentary." As a result of the school board's decision, thirty-three sets of all twenty-four volumes will be removed from the Miami-Dade elementary school libraries.
Because in America, we value freedom.
Why? Because "a parent objected to its contents, saying it contains deceptive information."
Among the "misleading" information are such controversial statements as "People in Cuba eat, work, and go to school like you do."
One of the six board members who voted to override the recommendations of two committees--one at the school level and another at the district level--explained that the decision was not a political one. It's simply a matter of accuracy. "We want it replaced with a book that talks about the facts of what Cuba is today. Cuba is a dictatorship, and we want the material in our libraries to be factual, not misrepresented."
The book is part of a twenty-four volume series, which Publisher's Weekly describes as "informative and colorful," offering information "in simple statements without commentary." As a result of the school board's decision, thirty-three sets of all twenty-four volumes will be removed from the Miami-Dade elementary school libraries.
Because in America, we value freedom.
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Outrageous.
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