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Belle of the Ranch

Let's talk about getting banned books for free....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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0:00.0

If just thinking about your bills makes you feel confused and disorientated,

0:05.0

like your head is full of Raspberry,

0:08.0

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0:10.0

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0:15.0

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0:18.0

UK residents, Tease and see supply.

0:21.0

Well, howdy there, internet people people it's Bob again so today we're going to

0:26.7

talk about books and how they are being removed and a workaround that has been put in place by the Brooklyn Public Library, something

0:38.2

they have come up with that definitely deserves a little bit of attention.

0:43.7

If you're not aware, the trend with removing texts from libraries, that's not new in the U.S. It's not something that started this year.

0:55.0

It's just something that they really started pushing and using as a political talking point.

1:01.0

In 2021, there were 1,597 challenges or removals from libraries, and that's according

1:10.2

to the American Library Association.

1:13.0

It's not a new problem and it goes back a long, long time.

1:17.5

So much so that librarians have banned book week

1:22.4

where they actually promote texts that are frequently

1:26.7

challenged. In a lot of places it's grown very difficult to get your hands on certain texts.

1:35.9

Well, if you are between the ages of 13 and 21,

1:41.9

you have a way to get a whole lot of them now.

1:44.8

The Brooklyn Public Library will grant you

1:48.1

a library card, a virtual library card

1:51.1

that will allow you to access about 400,000 e-books and audio books as well as

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