You know things are bad when LeVar Burton can’t get through a read-aloud. The actor and beloved “Reading Rainbow” host dropped by The Daily Show With Trevor Noah with a serious message on censorship.
You know things are bad when LeVar Burton can’t get through a read-aloud.
The actor and beloved “Reading Rainbow” host dropped by The Daily Show With Trevor Noah with a serious message on censorship.
In a video aired this week, Burton sits down to read viewers a book, Rosa by Nikki Giovanni and illustrated by Bryan Collier. But storytime is suddenly cut short, with the picture book about civil rights icon Rosa Parks called out for “content violation.”
Since “any book with Black people these days is considered divisive,” Burton says, he grabs another title completely absent of people: And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson and illustrated by Henry Cole. And you know how that goes.
But you don’t have to take our word for it. Here’s the clip:
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