[aisle] I am angry
BROOKE NELSON
bnelson at ep309.org
Tue Sep 21 08:44:23 CDT 2021
I learned that you can just give a web address when asked for FOIA
information, as the content is available publicly and does not require a
FOIA request. That said, you can reply with the information where they can
find whatever public content they want.
On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 7:35 AM Jane Harper via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
> Just chiming in here -- our school also received this FOIA. We took a
> quick look through our subscription databases and found that all of the
> articles listed are from two sources. One is a New York Times Online
> posting (August 14, 2019). The other is New York Times Magazine (August 18,
> 2019). Here are the page numbers: 6, 7, 14-22,, 24, 26, 28-38, 40, 42-93.
> We have access to them via our ProQuest Central database.
>
> I'm posting this in the hope that I can save at least a few people from
> having to spend any more time than necessary on this request.
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 6:32 AM Ericka Schilling via AISLE <
> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>
>> I was just notified by email that my district got this as well. Have to
>> let my principal know by 9:00 am if we have any of these texts.
>> Fun times.
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 6:17 AM Megan Flaherty via AISLE <
>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>
>>> I didn’t get this (yet) but agree that it is frightening. I am beefing
>>> up my collection development policy in case these titles, or ones like
>>> them, are challenged.
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Sep 20, 2021, at 7:01 PM, Kiss, Susan via AISLE <
>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Same here.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* AISLE <aisle-bounces at list.railslibraries.info> on behalf of
>>> Andrea Ross via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, September 20, 2021 3:26 PM
>>> *To:* AISLE-Share: Association of Illinois School Library Educators
>>> discussion list <aisle at list.railslibraries.info>
>>> *Cc:* Andrea Ross <alross at saltcreek48.org>
>>> *Subject:* Re: [aisle] I am angry
>>>
>>> Yes, our district received this as well and our librarians were asked to
>>> inform administration which of these books we had.
>>>
>>> Andrea Ross
>>> Salt Creek School
>>> Elmhurst, IL
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 3:19 PM BROOKE NELSON via AISLE <
>>> aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi BrianTrust,
>>>
>>> Please talk me down. I just got this request from my Sup. I looked up
>>> the company and it is hugely problematic. Has anyone else gotten this? (See
>>> below)
>>>
>>> *I am writing to you on behalf of LocalLabs which is an online
>>> publication that reports on and informs the public about local government
>>> activities. If you are not the FOIA officer please forward it to
>>> the FOIA officer or reply to this email with the correct FOIA contact.*
>>>
>>> *Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, I
>>> am requesting electronic records (preferably non-PDF such as CSV, Excel) of
>>> the following:*
>>>
>>> - *A list of all materials in your district that fall under the 1619
>>> project. *
>>>
>>> *For reference, the 1619 project contains works with the following
>>> titles and authors: "America Wasn't a Democracy Until Black Americans Made
>>> It One", essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones*
>>>
>>> - *"American Capitalism Is Brutal. You Can Trace That to the
>>> Plantation", essay by Matthew Desmond*
>>> - *"How False Beliefs in Physical Racial Difference Still Live in
>>> Medicine Today", essay by Linda Villarosa*
>>> - *"What the Reactionary Politics of 2019 Owe to the Politics of
>>> Slavery", essay by Jamelle Bouie*
>>> - *"Why Is Everyone Always Stealing Black Music?", essay by Wesley
>>> Morris*
>>> - *"How Segregation Caused Your Traffic Jam", essay by Kevin Kruse*
>>> - *"Why Doesn't America Have Universal Healthcare? One Word: Race",
>>> essay by Jeneen Interlandi*
>>> - *"Why American Prisons Owe Their Cruelty to Slavery", essay by
>>> Bryan Stevenson*
>>> - *"The Barbaric History of Sugar in America", essay by Khalil
>>> Gibran Muhammad*
>>> - *"How America's Vast Racial Wealth Gap Grew: By Plunder", essay by
>>> Trymaine Lee*
>>> - *"Their Ancestors Were Enslaved by Law. Now They're Lawyers",
>>> photo essay by Djeneba Aduayom, with text from Nikole Hannah-Jones and
>>> Wadzanai Mhute*
>>> - *"A New Literary Timeline of African-American History", a
>>> collection of original poems and stories*
>>> - *Clint Smith on the Middle Passage*
>>> - *Yusef Komunyakaa on Crispus Attucks*
>>> - *Eve L. Ewing on Phillis Wheatley*
>>> - *Reginald Dwayne Betts on the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793*
>>> - *Barry Jenkins on Gabriel's Rebellion*
>>> - *Jesmyn Ward on the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves*
>>> - *Tyehimba Jess on Black Seminoles*
>>> - *Darryl Pinckney on the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863*
>>> - *ZZ Packer on the New Orleans massacre of 1866*
>>> - *Yaa Gyasi on the Tuskegee syphilis experiment*
>>> - *Jacqueline Woodson on Sgt. Isaac Woodard*
>>> - *Joshua Bennett on the Black Panther Party*
>>> - *Lynn Nottage on the birth of hip-hop*
>>> - *Kiese Laymon on the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s “rainbow coalition”
>>> speech*
>>> - *Clint Smith on the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina*
>>>
>>>
>>> - *A list of all books written by authors Ibram X. Kendi (aka Henry
>>> Rogers) or Robin DiAngelo that are used in curriculum or libraries in your
>>> school district.*
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Brooke Nelson
>>> Library Media Specialist
>>> East Peoria Community High School
>>> 309.694.8338
>>>
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> Jane Harper
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Brooke Nelson
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East Peoria Community High School
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