A Storm In A Teacup At Miami Dade Public Schools
Controversy over Book Ban Rattles Miami Schools
Miami Dade Public schools have been rocked by allegations of throwing aside civil liberties in favor of pleasing parts of the local populace. First came the unnecessary controversy over an innocuous childrens book that portrayed life in Cuba from a childs perspective. The book A Visit to Cuba was not a prescribed textbook for young children in Miami schools, rather it was part of the school library. A young Cuban American girl bought the book home and showed it to her father; a Cuban dissident and political prisoner who was upset at the soft picture the book portrayed of life under Castro. He immediately notified the Miami Dade public schools authorities who proceed to place the book under a ban. Miamis strong Cuban American population supported the ban on the book in Miami schools arguing that reading the book could create the wrong impression in young childrens minds about the reality of life in Cuba. The American Civil Liberties jumped into the fray and filed a lawsuit against the ban calling it unconstitutional.
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