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Books & Books Owner Disappointed In Recent Effort To Keep Specific Books Out Of Students' Hands
"The problem with banning books is not in the book, it's with the book ban," said Mitch Kaplan.
April 21, 2022
The owner of Books & Books says he’s disappointed in the recent effort to keep specific books out of the hands of students.
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“The problem with banning books is not in the book, it’s with the book ban,” said Mitch Kaplan.
He continued, “The way you bring people together is through the reading of books. Books tend to be that place where people learn about different lives, they learn about how different people live. So, when you see books like “The Color Purple” trying to be banned or “Of Mice and Men,” these are things really, really beyond the pale.”
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