School Purges Books Published Before 2008 In Inclusivity Push

A Canadian public high school has sparked outrage for removing all books published before 2008 in a so-called push to make its library more inclusive for students.
Erindale Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario culled roughly 50% of its library books — including the Harry Potter and Hunger Games series — under a new “equity-based book weeding” directive implemented by the Peel District School Board earlier this year, CBC News reported.
“This year, I came into my school library and there are rows and rows of empty shelves with absolutely no books,” 10th grader, Reina Takata, said.

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