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As the National Book Awards came to a close on Wednesday, finalists for the prestigious literary prizes took the stage in New York to speak about the Israel-Hamas war, with others at the ceremony also choosing to address banned books.

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[–] 163 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Interesting article organisation. Tease LeVar Burton, but don't introduce him until the second section.

Also, his name is LeVar Burton, and the man has done a lot of things.

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  • [–] 79 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    lol at not even a sly reference to his most famous role. it was amazing to watch LeVar Burton go from kid's show reading advocate to sci-fi hero. dude's a national treasure.

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  • [–] 65 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Who does CNN think their target demographic is with that headline? If you're reading CNN, you remember Reading Rainbow, and if you remember Reading Rainbow, YOU PUT SOME RESPEK ON LEVAR BURTON'S GATDAMN NAME.

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    [–] 62 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    LeVar Burton is a national treasure, his podcast is amazing.

    https://www.levarburtonpodcast.com/

    Basically Reading Rainbow for adults.

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  • [–] 55 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Boy, does it feel like we've failed our childhood heroes.

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  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago (21 children)

    How sad that it's come to this. On the other hand, maybe if Mr. Rogers was still around, we'd have someone to talk to Republicans about kindness.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They would call him too woke.

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    Ah yes the Presbyterian minister who devoted his life to teaching kids we should Love Thy Neighbor and it's ok to have feelings.

    Of course the fake ass Christians hate him. They'd call Jesus a longhaired communist if he came back today.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    They wouldn't listen to him, and would call Mr. Rogers woke trash. The current Republican Party and its supporters are a hot mess.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Depending on how you define “modern” Fox News did call him evil in 2007.

    https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fox-fred-rogers-evil/

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

    There is also that whacko on Newsmax that calls the Muppets Sesame Street a bunch of evil communists.

    This is him when he was on Fox but he has ranted about wanting to debate that well known commie Big Bird a couple times while on Newsmax.

    https://youtu.be/LWFCja7MTPI?si=SstDGuWFht9N4fLn

    To be clear: this man wants to debate a fictional character on a beloved children's TV show and Fox and Newsmax continued to employ him.

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  • [–] 44 points 2 years ago (22 children)

    Anyone else feel like the country would be better off if more adults read books too? Only half joking...

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    [–] 40 points 2 years ago*

    Moms of Liberty: Reading "Rainbow", omg we HAVE to ban that from schools as it has a gay agenda!

    Qwack jobs like those need to read the Constitution more instead of reinterpreting their Bible to fit their own agenda.

    Shout out to LeVar, a true National Treasure.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    If only adults realised the value of actually reading books instead of merely gouging on TV and Internet talking points.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    More and more people are reading every year. The latest generation are devouring books.

    The old grumpy TV glued generation are dying off and being replaced by book reading activists that care about the future.

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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Oh man

    I couldve sworn Levar Burton had died recently.

    It was Lance Reddick i was thinking of

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Reading Rainbow 2034: Please Stop Burning Books

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