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Scholastic will ditch plans to offer books about LGBTQ identities and race in a separate, optional collection for book fairs beginning in January after educators and literary organizations accused the company of contributing to book censorship and segregating its book fairs.
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Ellie Berger, president of Scholastic Trade Publishing, reportedly apologized in a letter addressed to authors and illustrators Tuesday, which circulated social media, stating it was a “mistake to segregate diverse books in an elective case.”
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