Georgia school system abruptly bans Toni Morrison’s ‘The Bluest Eye’

By: Ross Williams

Outlets: Georgia Recorder

Published: September 19, 2026

Words: 500

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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Georgia’s second-largest school district is once again at the center of a political controversy over the appropriateness of school materials.

Cobb County Schools Superintendent Chris Ragsdale announced the district is removing copies of Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” from school library shelves.

The novel tells the tragic story of a young Black girl dealing with racism, poverty and abuse.

In a speech during a school board meeting Thursday, Ragsdale read aloud …

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