With Virginia’s gubernatorial election only a week away and the polls between the leading candidates narrowing, desperate Democrats have opted to go low, throwing all they have at Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin hoping that something sticks.
The object of focus is the novel “Beloved,”
authored by the late Toni Morrison in 1987. It is a story of a family of former
slaves that features explicit descriptions of bestiality, sex, violence, and
infanticide.
A recent Youngkin advertisement featured a mother who in 2013 waged a legal
battle against “Beloved” being included in the curriculum for her young son
after he claimed the novel gave him nightmares.
In the advert, the woman narrates how
she took her concerns to the Republican-led General Assembly of Virginia. Then
in 2016, the assembly passed the bipartisan bill called the “Beloved bill” that
gave parents the right to let their children opt out of sexually explicit
readings. The bill was supported by Republicans and 18
Democratic lawmakers. But then-Governor
Terry McAuliffe vetoed the bill on two separate
occasions.
Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin raised
concerns about the book’s use in high schools.
It may seem like stating the obvious,
but parents should have the right to decide what is right for their kids,
irrespective of the artistic merit or historical context of a book. Studies
have shown that violent or sexually explicit material has a detrimental effect
on the mental health of young children.
However, desperate Democrat
candidate Terry McAuliffe branded these
concerns as a “racist dog whistle”
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