These bad-faith grievances, under the guise of 'protecting' kids from 'controversial' content, are all just reactionary and insipid.
in class. It’s all an outgrowth of the same fear-mongering fueling statewide book bans and curriculum overhauls to erase Black history.NPR, “Parents are entitled to decide whether any topic, any subject, any use of particular sensitive words are going to be discussed in the classroom. If they don’t feel that it’s appropriate for the age of their child, they’re entitled to make that decision.”
Of course, both of these recent incidents stink of cultural illiteracy and reveal much more about the outraged mobs than the art in question. Naked bodies immediately being viewed as pornographic and as advocating for bareback gay sex are such outrageously inflated reactions, it’s hard to take them seriously. But school districts and administrations are, in fact, taking them seriously, which is terrifying.
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