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Julianne Moore beats Trump Administration for the ban on her picture book

Julianne Moore speaks after he has learned that the administration of President Donald Trump banned her children’s book about self-acceptance in Pentagon-led schools worldwide.

“It is a big shock to find out that my first book, Freckleface Strawberrywas banned by the Trump administration from schools led by the Ministry of Defense, “Moore began her Sundays -instagram post.”Freckleface Strawberry Is a semi-autobiographical story about a seven-year-old girl who does not like her freckles, but finally learns to live with them when she realizes that she is different, just like everyone else. ”

She continued: “It is a book that I wrote for my children and other children to remind them that we are all fighting, but are united by our humanity and our community.”

Julianne Moore in 2015.

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Moore, the daughter of a Vietnam veteran and graduates of the Department of Department of Department, the Frankfurt American High School, added that it was particularly destroyed that “children like me, who grow up with a parent and (Dodea ) Attend school, want, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will, will not have access to a book that was written by someone whose life experience is so similar to his own.

The first of Moore’s Freckleface Strawberry Books met the shelves in 2007 and followed his 7-year-old protagonist when she learns to accept herself, red hair, freckles and accept everything. “The things they do differently do them too,” reads the official summary. The picture book Level Level Level has produced several sequels, including F.Reckleface Strawberry: Lous Zahn And Freckleface Strawberry and the really big voice.

“I can’t help but ask myself what is so controversial about this picture book that it is banned by the US government,” continued Moore in her post. “I am really sad and never thought that I would see this in a country in which freedom of speech and expression is a constitutional law.”

Julianne Moore in 2009.

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The actress thanked Pen America, a non -profit organization that awareness of the protection of free expression in the United States and worldwide, to “draw this attention to me”.

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Last week, the organization condemned the Trump administration for cleaning books such as Moores from Ministry of Defense, which serve 67,000 children around the world. Other prohibited books are the Ruth Bader Ginsburg picture book No truth without Ruth and transgender activist Nicole Maines’ memoirs, Nicole.

“The removal of this title is another indicator of the funky and autocratic approach of the new government for K-12 training,” says Pen America in Thursday.

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