Trying To Read As A Kid In America
Credit: Screencap
October 8, 2023

I'm about to reveal a well-kept secret. The Milwaukee Public Library can make some really awesome TikTok videos, such as this one:

You have to use your imagination and critical thinking a little, but that's what libraries do for a person. To me, it's the perfect representation of a kid who just wants to read a book but the book police don't want her too. And the symbology of a bunch of angry white men chasing a Black girl shouldn't be lost either.

Whatever happened to "Reading is Fun-damental" which we grew up with?

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