I think like. the reason that this American Girl ban fascinates me so much, when really it’s just a minor note in the huge issue that Florida government are BANNING BOOKS, it’s just… it’s that it shows how transparent they are.
Like. Kaya and Josefina are among the banned books, not allowed in schools because of “critical race theory.” We all know that banning kids from CRT is stupid but like putting that aside for one second. Unless I’m misremembering, which I very well may be, Josefina never once faces racism in her book. I know I’m not misremembering when I say that there isn’t a single white person in Kaya’s series. “Critical Race Theory” is the study of how laws and systems effect race and bigotry. What’s the “critical race theory” in these books?
The fact that they exist as people of color.
Their books are not about the characters fighting against racism, they’re just existing and not being white, and that’s apparently an offense in of itself.