https://steady.substack.com/p/a-101-year-olds-fight-against-book
"I’m often inspired by those younger than I who work tirelessly to help our
country survive and thrive. But at 92, it’s not every day I find someone older
who is such an inspiration. Grace Linn is a spry 101-year-old with strong
opinions about what’s happening where she lives in Martin County, Florida. The
school board there has been at the forefront of book bans in the state,
removing more than 80 titles from county classrooms.
I recently came upon a remarkable and inspirational interview with Linn. Her
husband died in 1944 fighting the Nazis, who were notorious book burners. Linn
was so disgusted by the book bans in her Florida school district that she made
a quilt depicting 84 banned books and displayed it while testifying before the
school board. “Banning books and burning books are the same. Both are done for
the same reason: fear of knowledge,” Linn said. “Fear is not freedom. Fear is
not liberty. Fear is control.”
Linn’s dedicated activism got me thinking about the surge in book bans
specifically and the culture war being waged more broadly. The idea of a
culture war is not something new in America."
Via Joyce Donahue and Susan ****.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
