Critical Rage Theory: Racial Threat and Demand for Book Bans in Schools

• In Event: Social Movements and their Political Aftermath

Brief Overview

This research shows a correlation between book bans and Republican states, a higher Black demographic, and heightened perceptions of racial threat among white individuals, with support for these bans observed in ethnically diverse school districts.

Authors

• Irene Abigail Gerrish, Washington University in St Louis

• Ruilin Lai, Washington University in St Louis