6/30/2023 0 Comments Amanda quick close upGorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, captivated the hearts of Americans and likely anyone else who was listening - except, obviously, Daily Salinas - at the inauguration in 2021. In an interview with the Herald on Monday, Salinas said she “is not for eliminating or censoring any books.” Instead, she wants materials to be appropriate and for students “to know the truth” about Cuba, she said in Spanish. In March, Daily Salinas, a parent of two students at Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, challenged The ABCs of Black History, Cuban Kids, Countries in the News Cuba, the poem The Hills We Climb, which was recited by poet Amanda Gorman at the inauguration of President Joe Biden, and Love to Langston for what she said included references of critical race theory, “indirect hate messages,” gender ideology and indoctrination, according to records obtained by the Florida Freedom to Read Project and shared with the Miami Herald. MORE: ‘The Hill We Climb’: Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem Has Captivated America. All four pieces of work were singled out because of the one parent’s concerns over critical race theory. The poem, entitled, “The Hill We Climb,” joined three books being barred from the library in a K-8 school in Miami Dade County, according to the Miami Herald.
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