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iiclr-28787	Welter, Lauren	With the Banned: School Book Bans Defy Domestic and International Values	2025	30	.pdf	application/pdf	13535	782	54	38 Secretary of State Alexi Gianoulias best encompasses the reasoning for Illinois’s unprecedented legislation, as he stated that “banning books contradicts the very essence of what our country stands for [and] defies what education is all about: teaching our children to think for themselves.” According to PEN America, as of September 2022, 41% of banned books had main or secondary characters of color and 22% dealt with race and/or racism.	cache/iiclr-28787.pdf	txt/iiclr-28787.txt