Julianne Moorewrote that it was a great shock to learn that the actress childrens bookFreckleface Strawberrywas among those recently banned by the Department of Defense under the Trump administration.
On Friday, the nonprofit group PEN America noted how Moores book, as well asNo Truth Without Ruthabout Ruth Bader Ginsburg and author Amy Ellis NuttsBecoming Nicolewere banned by the DoD following a compliance review.
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Just weeks after the Trump Administration claimedbook banswere a hoax, the same administration is purging books from schools run by the Department of Defense, serving 67,000 children around the world, PEN America wrote on social media.
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A memo sent to Defense Department schools obtained by the Guardian also demands that school documents use the word sex not gender, prohibits email signatures with personal pronouns, and instructs schools to stop celebrating cultural observances including Black History Month.
By Sunday, news of the ban reached the Oscar-winning actress, whose first book, the semi-autobiographical childrens storyFreckleface Strawberry, was published in 2007.
It is a great shock for me to learn that my first book, Freckleface Strawberry, has been banned by the Trump Administration from schools run by the Department of Defense, Moore wrote on social media.
It is a book I wrote for my children and for other kids to remind them that we all struggle, but are united by our humanity and our community.
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The Department of Defense did not specify whyFreckleface Strawberrywas among the books targeted in the Trump administrations crackdown, and Moore herself couldnt pinpoint what was so controversial about her book that it necessitated a ban.
I am truly saddened and never thought I would see this in a country where freedom of speech and expression is a constitutional right, Moore added.
