Ibekimi Oriamaja Reports
A Texas school district removed the Bible and more than 40 other books from its libraries after receiving complaints from parents and neighborhood residents over the materials.
According to the Dallas Morning News, the Keller Independent School District sent an email to principals on Tuesday, August 16, demanding the temporary removal of the books.
Jennifer Price, the district curriculum director, said the following in an email: “By the end of today, I need all books taken out of the classrooms and library.
More details on the next steps for these books will be supplied. Please send me a confirmation through email once this has been finished. By today’s , we must make sure that this is done.
Along with the Bible, Anne Frank’s diary in an illustrated edition was also prohibited.
According to the Keller ISD website that keeps track of which books families or community members have complained about, a parent raised the issue of the Bible’s inclusion in the libraries of the Dallas-area school district for the first time in November 2021.
The Christian holy book was ordered to be removed from district libraries along with hundreds of others, including an illustrated edition of Anne Frank’s Diary and Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” even after that parent withdrew the challenge a month later.
