Critical Race Theory

[Spongebob]

Of course I read the article.  I wouldn't have commented otherwise.  Your guess could be wrong.  The intention is to prevent teachers from discussing anything they deem "uncomfortable" for white children that regard race relations.  As I said in the OP, this now extends to the books that populate the library and of course the determination of what books pass muster is left up to a white person's judgement.  The book I mentioned in the OP doesn't sound remotely like something that should be banned.  But this is the sort of thing that happens when society does this kind of thing (speaking generally).  I believe this is little more than a modern version of Jim Crow.

Don't you mean communities judgement? Not all white people select white only.

Do you want an award or something for not being one of "those"?

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An excerpt of the book can be read HERE.

On page 2/3 you can see that the family is about to enroll Jordan into a private school, but the father is concerned that there isn't much diversity there.

On page 19, Jordan arrives at the school and sees a lot of white kids.  He sees a black man drive up and there's an emoticon suggesting he likes that, but then he sees that the black man is just the driver who opens the door for a little white girl.  Later, on page 27 there's an encounter with other black kids and one is accused of being an oreo.  

This is the sort of thing that these people are critical of.  They interpret this as a sort of white shaming which is intended to make white people feel bad about themselves.  They consider this hurtful and even dangerous for white children.  To me this just appears to be a story about a black kid who is navigating a mostly white society, something most black people do at some point in their life.  Most of the stories also happen to be autobiographical, so they aren't just made up from popular culture.  The author is sharing his own experiences.