Digital creatorJina with a Jis challenging Cobb Countyschoolofficials over the removal of Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye from districtlibraryshelves, questioning how school board members can support the decision without having read the novel themselves.
Jina, whose social media content focuses onbooks, history and politics, addressed the controversy in a video after the Cobb CountySchool Districtremoved Morrison’s 1970 novel following a review of its content.
Her strongest criticism was directed at school board leadership and what she described as a disconnect between the decision to remove the book and whether officials involved had personally examined it…