By james art 
This week, a Florida judge rejected a case that would allow parents to challenge the school neighborhood to remove a school library book. This move comes as the Trump administration dismisses 11 complaints against school districts. But there was a little press in Talahasi on Thursday night.
Susan Gage, a bishopric priest, gathered a group of authors to read selections of triggered and bans books in Req’s room on Monroe Street.
She says that what can offend a person can be the book that protects children from feeling isolated because they can be seen in history.
“I think it is important for us to know the prospects of other people, because it just makes us a more involved society,” says Gage. – And I think this is one of the things we have lost, have we lost the ability to have empathy. And this will be our cancellation if we do not have empathy. “
She also points to the ongoing legal battles for contested books.
“We who are not lawyers must not shut up, because when we shut up and remain silent, they just accept it as acceptance,” she says. – I will not accept either. I will insist. “
According to Pen America, of the most banned books during the 2023-2024 school year, 44 percent are represented by people and characters in color and 39 percent represent LGBTQ+ people and characters. And Florida had the most enlightened and challenged books in the country for the school year 2023-2024-4,561.