Understand the case of “banned books” by Education in SC

A letter from the State Department of Education with a list of nine supposedly “banned” books was circulated this Wednesday (8) and caused controversy. The document, signed by the Regional Education Supervisor, Waldemar Ronssen Júnior, and the Regional Education Integrator, Anelise dos Santos de Medeiros, determines that the works be “removed from circulation and stored in a location not accessible to the school community”.

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The list is quite eclectic. It includes everything from the dystopian “A Clockwork Orange”, by Anthony Burgress, through horror works such as “It”, by Stephen King, and “Exorcism”, by Thomas B. Allen, to “The Devil’s Diary: The Secrets of Alfred Rosemberg, the greatest intellectual of Nazism”, by Robert Wittman and David Kinney.

Questioned by the column, the State Department of Education expressed itself in a note, saying that the books are not prohibited, but will be redistributed after collection.

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“The State Department of Education (SED), through the Regional Education Coordination of Florianópolis, informs that it is redistributing some of the titles from the libraries of school units in the region, seeking to better adapt literary works to the age groups of the different modalities offered in state education network”.

The column asked about the reason for the adjustment, given that the majority of students in the State are high school students. The department’s Communications Office reported that it still maintains classes of all ages, from elementary school onwards, and that the redistribution will prevent children from having access to books that, in the Coordination’s opinion, are intended for adult readers.