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US Naval Academy library removed books such as "Memorializing the Holocaust." Still on the shelves: copies of "Mein Kampf" (www.nytimes.com)

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An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power.

Gone is “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” Maya Angelou’s transformative best-selling 1970 memoir chronicling her struggles with racism and trauma.

Gone is “Memorializing the Holocaust,” Janet Jacobs’s 2010 examination of how female victims of the Holocaust have been portrayed and remembered.

Two copies of “Mein Kampf” by Adolf Hitler are still on the shelves.

“The Bell Curve,” which argues that Black men and women are genetically less intelligent than white people, is still there. But a critique of the book was pulled.

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[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It’s ignorance. The Naval Academy is one of the best universities in the nation. Hardly even up for debate.

[–] MisterOwl@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

With the added bonus of being run by Nazi sympathizers!

[–] scintilla@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

That's true of a lot of colleges.

[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

What point are you trying to make? I feel like you’re criticizing the institution itself instead of criticizing the current administration.

[–] My_IFAKs___gone@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I feel like you could say this about the entire federal government, which still has many non-nazis in it (just not at the tippy-top). Shitting on USNA administration's stupid actions is one thing, but shitting on the midshipmen, absent some obvious reasons for them deserving it, doesn't seem warranted.