What does it mean to “disrupt texts”? The website states defensively that “We do not believe in censorship and have never supported banning books.” It lies. On Twitter, its representatives write, “Do we encourage teachers to replace racist, harmful texts? ABSOLUTELY. Can you teach a great text and still have a harmful impact? Yep.”
In 2021, which “racist, harmful texts” are being taught in US classrooms? Hitler’s Mein Kampf, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion? No, these people have in mind Fitzgerald, Harper Lee, Arthur Miller and Shakespeare, among others. And what does it mean, to “move away from continuing to give space to these voices,” if removing, i.e., censoring and suppressing, texts is not involved?