After backlash, Scholastic pulls book that depicts slavery
The publisher said the story ‘may give [children] a false impression of the reality of the lives of slaves’ and is issuing refunds for those that purchased the account.
The publisher said the story ‘may give [children] a false impression of the reality of the lives of slaves’ and is issuing refunds for those that purchased the account.
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