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What the US can learn from apartheid-era book bans in South Africa

  • Written by Helen Kapstein, Professor of English, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
What the US can learn from apartheid-era book bans in South AfricaBooks are often targeted when they are sympathetic to the oppressed.Eskay Lim / EyeEm via Getty Images

“Beloved.” “The Hate U Give.” “Maus.” “Burger’s Daughter.”

Each of these books has been banned at some point in time, but one stands out. Instead of being banned in 21st-century America, Nadine...

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