Library Reconsideration Policy and the Book Ban Hoax
Library Reconsideration Policy and the Book Ban Hoax
This week is #BannedBooksWeek but where are all the news stories about books being removed from public libraries? Shouldn’t it be called #MovedBooksWeek ?
by Michele Nuckolls
The system pretends to be neutral, while pushing an agenda. Should libraries be neutral showing all sides of an issue? You would think, but this past week (Banned Books Week), many libraries (even our library) take to social media and organize programs to push the agenda that they are victims of overwhelming, violent book burnings. Meanwhile, regular moms and dads just want to be able to walk their readers into the library without wondering what kind of propaganda is coming home with them.
Here is the link for you: www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned
The Left Lies
Here is some local drama happening right here in Montgomery County. The Woodlands Pride, in response to the Brave Books event, decided to have a book drive teaching LGBTQIA2+ issues because…they aren’t represented enough?
We identified some of the books donated so far, and surprise, surprise, they are ALREADY IN THE LIBRARY!!! One of the books donated, Bodies are Cool, by Tyler Feder, which normalizes cross dressing and top surgery scars, is already in EVERY SINGLE LIBRARY with multiple copies at one location. Meanwhile we still haven’t been able to place (by donation) a book teaching biological sex determining gender, even though, this is the view believed by most of our community.
Isn’t it ironic, the conservative books we begged to be placed, were not in any library until they were donated, and they HAD to be donated. The Tuttle Twins are still not in either. The petition was turned in the first week of May, the commissioners asked them to be placed in July.
What happened to the books challenged over the summer?
Remember when we recommended two books for challenge, to be reconsidered for their location (the children’s section.) We recommended two books, The Other Boy by M.G. Hennessey and Pink, Blue and You, by Elise Gravel with Mykaell Blais. These books were challenged back in June, whatever happened to with that?
I have heard from book reconsideration committee member, Ryan Hutson and learned that the meeting was held on Monday, September 18th. I have been in touch with several friends who submitted reconsideration forms who have still not heard about a decision from the library director.
It would make sense that, since the commissioner’s decision on July 11th to move the children’s books containing alternate gender ideology out of the children’s section, the books reviewed by the reconsideration committee would be moved…? I chose between the three most significant chapter books I could find. I chose The Other Boy because it was clearly written for younger kids.
Library Policy for the Reconsideration Committee is a Sham
The materials selection policy has its own problems, but for now, let’s look at the reconsideration policy. I’ve noticed that library administrators like to talk about how concerned citizens have recourse if there are concerns about a book placement, but it’s a sham, and here is why:
The committee consists of 10 total members, 5 librarians (appointed by the library director I assume) and 5 citizens. Each commissioner and the judge appoint one of the citizen members.
The committee shares the recommendation with the library director, then the library director does whatever she wants. She can take the committee recommendation into account, or not.
The committee members are not informed of the final decision. The director is supposed to inform the citizen who turned in the reconsideration form, but so far, the citizens who turned in the forms have not heard back.
If the citizen does not like the decision, there is no second step, AND the book cannot be challenged again, by anyone, for a full year.
Meanwhile, library administrators decide what does and does not make it into the library. The library building can only hold so many books, and unless we fight for them to be DONATED, conservative books are not being put in the children’s section.
I am told that this reconsideration policy is standard boilerplate. Where did this originate from? Does the ALA provide this template?
The Book Ban Hoax
I recently listened to an ALA zoom hosted for “Banned Books Week.” In this zoom, the host, Betsy Gomez asks author John Green about his book, The Fault in Our Stars, that was “recently banned” from Hamilton East Public Library. I googled this and was quickly able to find that his book was MOVED not banned.
I thought it was interesting that they are lying to their own people. Like good little Marxists, who don’t even realize that they are following Marxist strategy, these social justice warriors believe it religiously. Just take a look at our social media comments section. This week we’ve been showcasing the myths of #bannedbooksweek which should be called #movedbooksweek, and those commenting cannot understand why I can’t see that books are being banned and burned at public libraries all over the nation. Show me, where is this happening? Nobody can because it’s a lie.
In Conclusion
We have asked for the Tuttle Twins books to be purchased by the library. The commissioners asked for The Tuttle Twins books to be placed 90 days ago, and they expanded the approved vendors to make purchasing possible. The library administrators have been very busy purchasing books in the last few months as the fiscal year closes. Meanwhile, The Tuttle Twins are nowhere to be found.
Our tax dollars are used to purchase children’s books containing radical gender ideology. Books like Woke : a young poet's call to justice, The antiracist kid : a book about identity, justice, and activism, This is our rainbow : 16 stories of her, him, them, and us, and more are purchased, but our tax dollars are not for conservative books? Are conservatives second class citizens?