Scholastic under fire for requesting removal of racism references in children's book.

Scholastic offered to license Maggie Tokuda-Hall's children's book, Love in the Library, but only if she removed a section referencing "the deeply American tradition of racism" from the author's note. The author rejected the offer, calling it a "horrific demand for censorship." Scholastic later apologized for its editing approach and hopes to restart the conversation with Tokuda-Hall with the aim of sharing the book with the author's note unchanged. The author believes publishers are silencing marginalized voices and fears that other creators will be asked to make similar choices in the future.