After outcry, Texas lieutenant governor says schools should teach Holocaust books ‘Night,’ ‘Anne Frank’
The lieutenant governor of Texas says his recent call for the state’s public schools to remove “over 2,000 titles” of “dirty, filthy and vulgar books” was not meant to include books about the Holocaust. Dan…
Assessment
Dan Patrick is walking back the implication that his book purge would sweep Holocaust literature. The clarification comes only after a month of silence and mounting criticism. What remains unaddressed is whether the original directive will be enforced with any real oversight, and who else decides which books are vulgar.