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In Orwell\u2019s \u201c1984\u201d, inconvenient publications were sent to the memory hole for being doubleplusungood and counter to the interests that the Party believed to be good. In Canada, 2008 is the new 198<\/a>4, or perhaps more accurately the new Year Zero, at least in Ontario schools.<\/p>\n \u201cIn May, Takata says the shelves at Erindale Secondary School were full of books, but she noticed that they had gradually started to disappear. When she returned to school this fall, things were more stark.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2018This year, I came into my school library and there are rows and rows of empty shelves with absolutely no books,\u2019 said Takata, who started Grade 10 last week.<\/p>\n \u201cShe estimates more than 50 per cent of her school’s library books are gone.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the spring, Takata says students were told by staff that \u2018if the shelves look emptier right now it’s because we have to remove all books [published] prior to 2008.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cTakata is one of several Peel District School Board (PDSB) students, parents and community members CBC Toronto spoke to who are concerned about a seemingly inconsistent approach to a new equity-based book weeding process implemented by the board last spring in response to a provincial directive from the Minister of Education.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Why are they doing this?<\/p>\n Mandatory wokeness, of course.<\/p>\n \u201c[The] detailed manual for the process titled \u2018Weeding and Audit of Resource in the Library Learning Commons collection.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cThe documents lay out an \u2018equitable curation cycle\u2019 for weeding, which it says was created to support Directive 18 from the Minister of Education based on a 2020 Ministry review and report on widespread issues of systematic discrimination within the PDSB.\u201d<\/p>\n All books published over fifteen years ago were reviewed. The second phase of the curation involved an \u201canti-racist and inclusive audit\u201d with the criteria for quality being \u201cresources that promote anti-racism, cultural responsiveness and inclusivity\u201d with books being considered to \u201ccaus[s]\u2026 harm\u201d if \u201cthey are not inclusive, culturally responsive, relevant or accurate\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n And what were some of the insidious racist books removed? \u201cThe Very Hungry Caterpillar\u201d and \u201cThe Diary of A Young Girl\u201d by Anne Frank.<\/p>\n This is just the beginning, and don\u2019t think that it\u2019ll be limited to only Canada.<\/p>\n Hat Tip<\/strong>: David Strom<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In Orwell\u2019s \u201c1984\u201d, inconvenient publications were sent to the memory hole for being doubleplusungood and counter to the interests that the Party believed to be good. In Canada, 2008 is the new 1984, or perhaps more accurately the new Year … Continue reading \n
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