Laphonza Butler, a new Democratic nominee for the Senate, has been reading banned books out loud on the Senate floor to demonstrate her opposition to the recent surge in book banning across the United States. Butler’s actions are a protest against what she sees as a suppression of free speech and an attempt to control education. She has been reading from books that have been banned in various states, including “Beloved” by Toni Morrison and “The Bluest Eye”, also by Morrison. This initiative comes in response to a wave of legislation sweeping through Republican-led states, aimed at controlling what students are taught about race and gender.
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