Black & White

“Even though they use the concepts of liberty, democracy and parental responsibility, in fact, in a contradictory form, those who advocate for the removal of these books from the school system are more interested in dictating guidelines than in saving young minds. Their objective is political and their interest simple.

All they seek is that their criteria be imposed — a show of force. What they are trying to prove is that their points of view predominate in Miami. They limit themselves to an exercise of high-handedness, a demonstration that other principles and values that are alien to rest of the country govern here.”

— El Nuevo Herald columnist Alejandro Armengol writes about the case of the two stolen books, Vamos a Cuba and Cuban Kids, taken from the libraries of Miami’s schools.