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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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José Olivares

Faith leaders denounce US book burning as hate-fuelled intimidation

exterior of library building with cars parked in lot
The Beachwood branch of the Cuyahoga county public library in Cleveland, Ohio. Photograph: Google Maps

A group of faith leaders in Ohio denounced a recent alleged hate crime in the state, in which a man burned books belonging to a public library. The destroyed books were on Jewish, African American and LGBTQ+ history.

“Unfortunately, this is one of those things that’s, like, I’m shocked, but not surprised, every time it happens,” Rev Ryan Wallace of Fairmount Presbyterian told the Guardian in an interview. “We need to not get complacent. Every time it happens, we have to be there to say, ‘this is unacceptable.’”

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