They Banned Sesame Street. Seriously - Passing Period #46

This Week: the tiny hamlet of Central York, PA is making news this week as community activists were able to successfully pressure the school board to rescind their temporary ban on just about every book, essay, film, and website that ever said anything about racism, or people of color, or women, or LGBTQ+ people, or really just anything that the rabid “anti CRT'' crowd of fanatics has been led to believe they should fear. If it weren’t so dangerous, it’d be comical. The banned books list included 3 former #AOTAshow guests (go us, I guess?), along with a Sesame Street town hall, a book about boys wearing pink, a book about Black people liking their hair, and young adult biographies of the likes of Rosa Parks, MLK Jr, and Sonia Sotomayor.  Oh, and they also banned the entire collected works of Jane Elliot, and Learning For Justice.  So, it’s a hot mess. Manuel and Jeff get into it and talk about why this case is completely bonkers, and also so important for us to pay attention to. Get your All of the Above swag, including your own “Teach the Truth” shirt! In this moment of relentless attacks on teaching truth in the classroom, we got you covered. https://all-of-the-above-store.creator-spring.com Passing Period is an AOTA Podcast extra that gives us a chance to check-in, reflect, and discuss powerful stories in between our full episodes. Watch, listen and subscribe to make sure you don't miss our latest content! Website: https://AOTAshow.com Stream all of our content at: linktr.ee/AOTA Watch at: YouTube.com/AlloftheAbove Listen at: apple.co/38QV7Bd and anchor.fm/AOTA Follow us at: Facebook.com/AOTAshow and Twitter.com/AOTAshow