RACISM + EDUCATION

Why People Lie, Deny, and When All Else Fails, Set Books On Fire

A deep dive into censorship motives throughout history and right now

Allison Wiltz
Published in
7 min readDec 3, 2021

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Photo by Freddy Kearney on Unsplash

First, before we get into motivations for book burning and censorship, let me first say that burning books in 2021 is one of the silliest aberrations of conservative think tanks. It's…

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Allison Wiltz
ZORA
Writer for

Womanist Scholar bylines @ Momentum, Oprah Daily, ZORA, GEN, EIC of Cultured #WEOC Founder allisonthedailywriter.com https://ko-fi.com/allyfromnola