Launched in 1982, the event was designed to bring national attention to the ongoing threat of censorship, but in 2020s America the focus has taken on the demonizing of parents and Right-wing politicians as fascists and book burners for expressing concern about schoolchildren being exposed to shockingly pornographic books available in school libraries.
The truth is that not one of those parents or politicians is calling for a book ban -- all of the challenged books are merely a click away on Amazon or stocked in local bookstores -- but merely to keep this unsuitably adult material out of the hands of children.
[T]he Marxist way is to target impressionable young generations with propaganda that drives a wedge between them and their parents' and grandparents' generations.
Cultural Marxist activists posing as educators and librarians are currently engaged in an unprecedented campaign to instill a sexual consciousness in children as young as pre-schoolers, and to confuse them about the nature of masculinity and femininity, as part of the Marxist assault on the nuclear family.
A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials.
[A]ny reduction in access to library materials based on an individual or group's believe [sic] that they are harmful or offensive [to be] an act of censorship.
Well, those of you who keep up with the accelerated rise of queer theory, drag queen culture, and the transgender movement will not be surprised to learn that nearly half -- 47% -- of those titles represent[ed] the voices and lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC individuals.
In fact, it is the Left's push to make these books available for schoolchildren that is ideologically and politically driven.
It is currently run by President Carolyn Hohl, whose 'vision' for ALA is brimming with woke blather like 'sustainable,' 'welcoming,' and 'equitable,' but doesn't actually offer a specific vision for libraries except to promise that they will move towards garnering a deep understanding of intersectionality as introduced by Kimberlé Crenshaw.
I just cannot believe that a Marxist lesbian who believes that collective power is possible to build and can be wielded for a better world is the president-elect of the ALA. I am so excited for what we will do together. Solidarity!
We know people don't like being told what they are allowed to read, and we've seen communities come together to fight back and protect their libraries and schools from the censors.