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Abbott Elementary Recap: The Sassy Wizard Kid
Bravo to Abbott for getting to the heart of the book-banning debate with lots of truth and silly humor.
But what’s interesting from a cultural perspective versus a historical one is that the average person doesn’t tend to care so deeply about which titles are available in the library to go as far as advocating censorship (in a country famous for its First Amendment, this always feels like such a dirty word). Tonight’s episode of Abbott tackles this hot topic with a disgruntled parent of their own who opens up the floodgates when she demands the library remove a book called The Sassy Wizard Kid from its shelves. Back in the PTA meeting, things grow out of control after one father says if the book stays, he “sees no reason why we can’t introduce the children to Steve Harvey’s entire oeuvre” (which Tariq says would pair “exquisitely” with The 48 Laws of Power) and what they should truly ban is Clifford The Big Red Dog.
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