Opinion | ‘Banned Books Week’ Isn’t Actually Interested in Banned Books

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From WSJopinion: “Banned Books Week” isn’t actually interested in banned books, writes Thomas Spence, president of Regnery. If it were, conservative writers like Abigail Shrier and Ryan T. Anderson would be on the list.

Wonder Land : Teaching"systemic racism" was imposed on students, until politics pushed back. Images: AP/Everett Collection Composite: Mark KellyThe annual ritual known as Banned Books Week rarely involves books that have been banned in any meaningful sense.

But this year, for the first time in the 40-year history of Banned Books Week, writers and publishers face the threat of real book-banning. Strangely enough, the sponsors of Banned Books Week have nothing to say about it.

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