The Redlands school board will vote Tuesday on whether to remove two books from school libraries. “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison and “Push” by Sapphire were challenged by a member of the public for containing “sexually explicit or obscene topics.” Both books depict sexual abuse and have been challenged by school boards across the country.
This is the first complaint made through a board policy passed in August that streamlines the process to challenge library materials.
The policy required the board to appoint a committee to develop a rubric and grade the books. The committee participants have not been made public, but the completed rubrics were published with Tuesday’s agenda. Three rubrics were filled out for each book and each found that the books were appropriate for high school students and should not be completely removed from school libraries…