Julianne Moore expresses himself after learning this president Donald TrumpThe administration has prohibited its children’s book on self -acceptance in schools led by the Pentagon in the world.
“It’s a big shock for me to learn that my first book, Frecking strawberryWas prohibited by the Trump Administration of Schools led by the Ministry of Defense, “Moore started it on Sunday Instagram job. “”Frecking strawberry is a semi-autobiographical story about a seven-year-old girl who does not like her freckles but ultimately learns to live with them when she realizes that she is different “like everyone else”.
She continued: “It is a book that I wrote for my children and other children to remind them that we all have trouble, but that we are united by our humanity and our community.”
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Moore, the daughter of a Vietnam veteran and a graduate of the American secondary school department of Frankfurt American, added that she is particularly devastated that “children like me, growing up with a parent in the service and frequenting a school (Dodea), not access to a book written by someone whose life experience is so similar to his. ”
Moore’s first Frecking strawberry The books struck the shelves in 2007 and followed her 7 -year -old protagonist while she learns to accept, red hair, freckles and everything. “The things that make you different also do you, you read the official synopsis. The pre -school images book has generated several suites, includingReckleface Strawberry: loose tooth And Freckleface Strawberry and the great voice.
“I can’t help but ask myself what is so controversial about this image book which is prohibited by the United States government,” said Moore in his post. “I am really saddened and I never thought that I would see this in a country where freedom of expression and expression is a constitutional right.”
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The actress then thanked Pen America, a non-profit organization that seeks to raise awareness of the protection of freedom of expression in the United States and in the world, to “bring this to my attention”.
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Last week, the organization condemned the Trump administration for serving books – such as Moore – schools from the Ministry of Defense which serve 67,000 children worldwide. Other prohibited books include the Ruth Bader Ginsburg image book No truth without ruth and transgender activist Nicole maines’ Memory, Become nicole.
“The abolition of these titles is yet another indicator of the casual and autocratic approach of the new education administration from kindergarten to the 12th year”, read a Thursday job from Pen America.