After outcry, Texas lieutenant governor says schools should teach Holocaust books
Patrick claimed that his initiative was “focused on age-inappropriate, sexually explicit books in public school libraries," and stated that he believes students should learn about the Holocaust.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick expressed his desire for the state's public schools to remove over 2,000 books considered "dirty, filthy, and vulgar," but clarified that this did not include Holocaust-related literature. During a press conference, Patrick threatened to withhold state funding from schools that did not comply with his directive to purge their libraries of such books.
He later insisted that the state's public schools should teach Holocaust books such as "Night" by Elie Wiesel and "The Diary of Anne Frank." Patrick's threats have the potential to affect over 5.5 million students in Texas public schools.
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