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A bit off our usual topic, but at AWARE's table today we talked a
little about this article, on the banning from Chicago Public
Schools of <i>Persepolis</i>, a young woman's autobiographical
story of growing up in Iran, and how school officials covered up
their actions when challenged:<br>
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<a
href="http://cbldf.org/2015/02/grad-student-uncovers-truth-about-persepolis-ban-in-chicago-public-schools/">http://cbldf.org/2015/02/grad-student-uncovers-truth-about-persepolis-ban-in-chicago-public-schools/</a><br>
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The article begins:<br>
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<blockquote>A <a
href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/e-mails-show-cps-officials-pull-persepolis-classrooms/Content?oid=16355626">graduate
student’s research</a> is throwing new light on Chicago Public
Schools officials’ 2013 effort to <a
href="http://cbldf.org/2013/03/breaking-persepolis-reportedly-banned-in-chicago-high-school/">remove
Marjane Satrapi’s <i>Persepolis</i></a> from libraries and
classrooms throughout the district. <a
href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/e-mails-show-cps-officials-pull-persepolis-classrooms/Content?oid=16355626">Emails</a>
released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request and <a
href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/e-mails-show-cps-officials-pull-persepolis-classrooms/Content?oid=16355626">first
reported</a> in the <i>Chicago Reader</i> last week confirm
what seemed incredible to observers at the time: that top
administrators of the third largest school district in the United
States really did think they could remove a modern classic from
schools without regard for their own policies, their teachers’ and
librarians’ professional expertise, or even basic First Amendment
principles.<br>
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