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Banning books in elementary schools deprives students of choice

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From: University Wire
Date: 19980324
Author:Anthony Merlino

Anthony Merlino
University Wire
03-24-1998
(Daily Targum) (U-WIRE) NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- What do William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Mark Twain and F. Scott Fitzgerald and all have in common? Yes, yes, they are all famous authors. They are also dead, White and of European descent.

And it is because of that shared lineage that the San Francisco school board feels compelled to bar them from the city's classrooms.

In an effort to make the English curriculum what they see as more "relevant," Keith Jackson and Steven Phillips, two school board trustees, have sponsored an initiative to increase ...

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