Cuban parents in Miami-Dade County have good reason to dislike the book "Vamos a Cuba." According to Dalila Rodriguez, she took it from her son's school library because the book glamorizes life in Cuba and promotes inaccurate information about her home country. At one point, the school district banned the book, but was challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) who eventually got the book reinstated.
Of course the problem with civil liberties and freedom of expression is that it only works if you adhere to the principle even when it's inconvenient. While many people feel the ACLU goes overboard defending the rights of the KKK and other undesirables.
Book banning parents are certainly nothing new. However, this case presents the perfect conundrum for the pro-ACLU sort. What if misinformation that is destructive (culturally and racially) is communicated through books? Do parents have a right to keep those books from being read by their schoolchildren?
