How in Canada books are banned from reading
What does it have to do with the United States?
Not so long ago we wrote about Canadian libraries becoming a place for new migrants to come together. There take place concerts, master classes, and national culture festivals.
However, there are also challenges that library workers and staff face. It is not uncommon for parents or community activists to protest if a book collection contains something they don't think should any belong there. In recent months, this issue has become particularly acute.
However, it did not start in Canada, but in the United States. Therefore, Canadian experts strongly advise to keep a close eye on what is happening in the neighboring country: many phenomena originate in the U.S. and then spread around Canada.
One of those things is the books removal from libraries.
What's going on in the States
Last month, a school board in Tennessee, USA, voted unanimously to ban the Holocaust graphic novel "Maus", which won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, from being taught in classrooms. This outstanding work tells the story of a son trying to find common ground with his father through telling his father's story he was in the concentration camps. The novel depicts the Germans as cats and the Jews as mice. So here comes the title of the book.
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