Comments by "girl from the bronx by way of el barrio" (@girlfromthebronxbywayofelb7288) on "BBC Archive" channel.

  1. It is true that Otto Frank "censored" his daughter's diary, so that first printing of the diary, the version that is probably most widely available in school book rooms across the nation, is very sanitized. I don't think he was trying to be evil, it was just too painful for Mr Frank to show his daughter to the world with details that he worried society might criticize. Given his pain, who can blame him. It seems that there were times that Anne really was experiencing mental breakdown, totally understandable given the nightmare she was living, and as a thirteen year old girl becoming a fifteen year old girl who had a boyfriend, really the one and ony available boy in that attic, there's some understandable stuff about sex too. Would 1950s society embrace mental illness, PTSD or awakening sexuality? Probably not. Do we accept those same issues today in the lives of 13-15 year old students in 2023? Seems that we don't, definitely not in Florida. It's absolutely disgraceful that red states are bringing Hitler tactics back to life in public schools. Book bannings should never be permitted, period. Anne Frank is being banned because discussing the Holocaust could make someone uncomfortable. Books about Roberto Clemente and Hank Aaron were removed because discussion of racial discrimination might make someone uncomfortable. A children's book about penguins in the central park zoo was banned because they felt it supported gay marriage. This is disgusting, and it violates the freedom of expression that the first amendment of our constitution supports. If a student who is advanced for her age wants to read a challenging book, go for it and say, "If there are parts of the book you don't quite understand, ask me about it." Read the book together with your teen. That's actually the best reason for a class reading literature as a group, so that peers and teachers can help them through it. Book bannings in the USA must end now. Make a plan for voting in 2024 and let's vote all of these fascists out up and down the ballot. 💙🗽🏫🗽💙
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