I’m going to hold your hand when I tell you this—things aren’t looking very good for intellectual freedom right now. It is looking more and more likely that Project 2025 is the roadmap for the second Trump administration.Let’s remember that during his campaign, Trump stated many times that he had no idea about the Project 2025 document. Unfortunately, he is a liar, so here we are. A fully realized Project 2025 will have a profound impact on the freedom to read. In just the first 5 pages of the document, libraries are called out specifically as organizations that distribute pornography. If you’ve been paying attention in the past four years since Trump lost the 2020 election, you can see the way the Heritage Foundation and allies like Moms 4 Liberty have been strategically working to change the reputation of libraries and librarians in the public imagination.
Libraries—from universally loved to ideological battlegrounds
It’s nothing new for libraries to face book challenges and challenges to library programs. It’s the reason why the Office of Intellectual Freedom and EveryLibrary exist. However, librarians across the country are facing an uptick in the amount of book challenges and personal attacks.In her book That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America, Amanda Jones details how a speech at the Livingston Parish Library Board of Control meeting in Louisiana turned into a years-long harassment campaign against her. Jones was named School Library Journal Co-Librarian of the Year in 2021 and awarded the 2023 Intellectual Freedom Award. In other words, she is a nationally recognized leader in this field. Groups like Citizens for a New Louisiana alleged that she advocated for distributing pornography in her school library. The coordinated attack on her personal and professional character has had a significant toll on her health and personal safety.
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