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June 11, 2014 10:29 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/cVDxCuoqFlE/pensacola-newspaper-editorial.html
Pensacola newspaper editorial board condemns censorship of LittleBrother
An unsigned editorial in the Pensacola News Journal decries the decision of a local high-school teacher to cancel the school's One School/One Book summer reading program to stop students from reading my novel Little Brother. They point out that the principal violated school procedures when he took it upon himself to unilaterally cancel the assignment, and that this is both inappropriate as an educational matter and from the perspective of free speech and free inquiry. It's a great editorial, and it rightly emphasizes the bravery of English department head Mary Kate Griffith, who has fought valiantly over this issue. Read the rest
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