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Biden, speaking at an annual 2022 National and State Teachers of
the Year award ceremony, said politicians are trying to score
points by banning books, in an apparent reference to
conservatives and Republicans in states from Texas to Tennessee.
"American teachers have dedicated their lives to teaching our
children and lifting them up," Biden said to murmurs of
agreement from the teachers. "We’ve got to stop making them the
target of the culture wars. That’s where this is going.”
Across the United States, more than 1,000 titles, mostly
addressing racism and LGBTQ issues, have been removed from
school libraries in recent months, according to the writers'
organization PEN America.
He also defended U.S. teachers, who have been criticized by
groups like "Moms for Liberty," for they way they teach about
race and slavery in the United States.
"Today, there are too many politicians trying to score political
points, trying to ban books," Biden said. "Did you ever think
when you were teaching you’d be worrying about book burning and
banning books all because it doesn’t fit someone’s political
agenda?"
(Reporting by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by David Gregorio)
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