New Censorship Organization

Lee Hadden writes: \”A new organization in Fairfax County, Virginia, is attempting to set
standards and push for the censorship of objectionable materials in local schools. \”Shogun,\” \”The Joy Luck Club,\” \”Black Boy\” and other texts have
been challenged by this group for various reasons such as good taste orinappropriateness.

The organization is called PABBIS: Parents Against Bad Books inSchools. They even have their own website at: pabbis.com


Read more about it at the Washington Post\”


From the library geek perspective, I thought the keywords they used were interesting:


\”book, ban, challenged, censor, controversial, school\”