{"id":13972,"date":"2021-10-28T20:19:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=13972"},"modified":"2021-10-28T20:19:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T23:19:16","slug":"waterloo-region-district-school-board-since-when-book-censorship-makes-our-world-a-better-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/10\/28\/waterloo-region-district-school-board-since-when-book-censorship-makes-our-world-a-better-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterloo Region District School Board: Since when book censorship makes our world a better place?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/NoneSense-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13975\" width=\"123\" height=\"123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/NoneSense-4.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/NoneSense-4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 123px) 85vw, 123px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course in the name of equity (most likely within the illogical logic of the dogma called &#8220;<em>Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion<\/em>&#8220;), we learned from a <em>Cambridge Today<\/em> media article that the Waterloo <em>Region District School Board<\/em> banned books deemed &#8220;<em>harmful to staff and student<\/em>s&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgetoday.ca\/local-news\/books-deemed-harmful-to-staff-and-students-are-being-removed-from-regions-public-school-libraries-4551859\">https:\/\/www.cambridgetoday.ca\/local-news\/books-deemed-harmful-to-staff-and-students-are-being-removed-from-regions-public-school-libraries-4551859<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since when books are harmful? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since when book censorship is enriching for staff and students&#8217; creativity?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since when book banning is good to teach critical thinking skills?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since when erasing history or cultural heritage is beneficial for brains and civilizations?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When will we collectively stand up together to say enough of this modern form of intellectual terrorism in our societies?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Of course in the name of equity (most likely within the illogical logic of the dogma called &#8220;Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion&#8220;), we learned from a Cambridge Today media article that the Waterloo Region District School [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13972"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13972"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13988,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13972\/revisions\/13988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}