Stunned librarians, parents and booksellers are speaking out against the censorship of a book banned in a local school district this month.
"I was shocked that it had gone that far," said Zebrina Looney, whose son is a senior in the Wentzville School District. She talked to a local chapter of the NAACP about the district's school board, which this month officially removed "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison from its high school libraries.
Looney's husband, Donald, had already registered to run for the Wentzville School Board. The Black family has witnessed several years of a disturbing "aversion to anything to do with diversity and inclusion" by some board members, he said.
