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The school looks even more foolish with that statement.  And yes, it's still a ban and censorship.

In order for an elementary school student to access this poem, they would need to request this from the middle school library and demonstrate that they read at a middle school level.  Otherwise, they are prohibited from reading this.  That is a ban.

Moreover, what is so controversial about this poem that such action was even necessary in the first place?  The book that had Gorman's poem was challenged along with the ABC's of Black History.  The parent who complained about the poem, incorrectly identified Oprah Winfrey as a the author and the complained that the poem and book contained "hateful" language.

Let's be clear.  This was a parent who is upset that books on black people exist.  That fact that such action was even investigated in the first place is embarrassing for this school, the Miami-Dade school district, and the whole state of Florida.  
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NP. I think Gorman’s poem should be available to all students and I agree that the parent’s motivation was grotesque.

That said, this is not a “ban” in the commonly understood meaning of the term, nor is it “censorship”.

It’s an age-based restriction, one which parents are free to ignore.

NBD.

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