Chicago Tribune: "'It's the Racial Stuff'"

Rebecca Ginsburg, director of the Education Justice Project, told lawmakers that the Danville prison’s review policy for her program’s reading materials has gone through seven revisions over the past four years. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)

Education Justice Project Director Rebecca Ginsburg is interviewed by the Chicago Tribune’s Peter Nickeas. From the article: “The 12 books granted full approval included general collections of American literature, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, ‘Notes on the State of Virginia and the Declaration of Independence’ and ‘Learning to Program with Python,’ a computer science book.

In addition, three so-called course readers — compilations of excerpts from various sources — were approved for use but with some sections removed, Ginsburg told legislators.

‘It was the first time we had been ever asked to literally tear pages out of course materials,’ she said.”

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