Q&A: PEN America's Take On Bills Targeting Classroom Talk About Race, LGBTQ Issues

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Q&A: PEN America's Take On Bills Targeting Classroom Talk About Race, LGBTQ Issues
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To help put this legislative trend into perspective, Snopes spoke to a representative of PEN America, a group focused on literary freedom and human rights. 👇

To help put the legislative trend into perspective, we spoke to Jeremy Young, senior manager in free expression and education for PEN America, a charitable organization focused on literary freedom and human rights. PEN America has been

Also, more of a focus is on colleges and universities. Young said there has been an overall increase in bills aimed at curtailing discussions of such topics at the college level. Young said that PEN America supports parents and guardians having a say in their children’s education, and advocating for their children in what they learn. But these bills don’t actually do that, he said.

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