The news is especially dangerous for Black and LBTQ+ authors, whose subject matter focuses on those communities.

According to NBCBLK, celebrated Black children’s author and illustrator Jerry Craft received a message saying some of his books were being pulled from a school library in Texas.

“I was caught off guard,” Craft told NBCBLK.

The Newbery Medal award-winning author of the 2019 graphic novel “New Kid,” is one of the many Black authors affected by this book ban. Their books are being pulled from school libraries, because they’re believed to be teaching critical race theory. However, many of the targeted books don’t teach critical race theory at all but are written by and about people of color or those representing the LGBTQ+ communities.

The American Library Association detailed its Office of Intellectual Freedom reported 273 books were affected by censorship attempts in 2020. Many books had content that highlighted race, gender and sexuality. Since September alone, there have been at least 230 challenges.

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