![]() ![]() In France 'racially un-mixed' think-tanks and workshops have been set up at the University of Paris-VIII, and by the teachers' union SUD-Éducation 93. In Canada, the Public radio, Radio-Canada, revealed, at the beginning of September 2021 that the Providence Catholic Scholar Council, which manages around 30 schools in Ontario, resorted in 2019 to an auto-da-fé (public burning) of 5,000 books for young people, including some Asterix or Lucky Luke comics, “to bury the ashes of racism, discrimination and stereotyping”, of which these books were accused. As the Journal reports, many other teachers in the US refuse to teach Shakespeare questioning the 'whiteness' of his plays.įollowing reports to the UN from two free-speech organisations (National Coalition Against Censorship and Freemuse) Shakespeare’s plays figure among the 11,851 books banned in Texas prisons, as well as in many US schools and libraries. ![]() For example, in a paper published in the January 2021 issue of the School Library Journal, Amanda MacGregor, a Minnesota-based librarian, bookseller and freelance journalist, affirms that “Shakespeare’s works are full of problematic, outdated ideas, with plenty of misogyny, racism, homophobia, classism, anti-Semitism and misogynoir” and should be banned in schools. 'Black Lives Matter' wins 2021 LIBEX cartoon prize focussed on 'Cancel Culture'įor activists, the purpose of literature and art should be to convey positive messages and correct the social imbalances. ![]()
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