2022 Sets Record , for Most Attempts , to Ban Books.<br />Associated Press reports that <br />the number of attempted bans and <br />restrictions on books continues to surge. .<br />According to a new report from the American <br />Library Association released on March 23, <br />the number of attempts in 2022 set a new record.<br />Last year, the association compiled over <br />1,200 attempts to either ban books or restrict <br />access to them in schools and libraries.<br />The number nearly doubled <br />from 2021, which set <br />the record that 2022 broke.<br />I’ve never seen anything like this. <br />The last two years have been exhausting, <br />frightening, outrage inducing, Deborah Caldwell-Stone, Director of the ALA’s Office <br />for Intellectual Freedom, via Associated Press.<br />In 2022, over 2,500 books were objected to. .<br />In 2021, the number of objections was <br />1,858, and just one year earlier it was only 566. .<br />States including Arizona, Iowa, Texas, <br />Missouri and Oklahoma have all passed <br />or proposed bills restricting books. .<br />States including Arizona, Iowa, Texas, <br />Missouri and Oklahoma have all passed <br />or proposed bills restricting books. .<br />AP reports that some books have been <br />targeted for racist language, others for <br />having gender or racial themes.<br />In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis has approved a <br />bill to review classroom reading material and limit <br />discussion of gender identity and race in schools.
