5/21/2023 0 Comments The hate you give angie thomas![]() ![]() Johnson, whose book is currently the third most challenged book in 2021, said he believes this is intentional and driven by fears that Generation Z, the most racially diverse and LGBTQ-identifying demographic, is threatening to push major changes at the ballot box. In the school year spanning 20, PEN America - whose Los Angeles director, Allison Lee, moderated the panel - reported that nearly half of the banned books were YA novels, 41% featured an LGBTQ character and 40% had a character of color. There are concerns that these bans are disproportionately targeting queer writers and authors of color. surged, almost doubling from 2021 and setting a 20-year record, according to the American Library Assn. In 2022, the number of attempted book bans across the U.S. ![]() But “Banned Books: Defending the Right to Read,” which also featured “The Hate U Give” author Angie Thomas, was less focused on defining opponents of access to books than on the writers, librarians and students for whom the stakes are highest - and on the generation best positioned to fight back. ![]() Johnson, author of the young adult novel “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” early in a sold-out panel on Sunday at USC’s Newman Recital Hall during the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. “This is how fascism begins,” warned George M. ![]()
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