Brown Bear, Brown Bear do you see a Blacklist?

What do the children's book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you See? and the book Ethical Marxism: The Categorical Imperative of Liberation have in common? Well 2 things really. They were both written by authors named Bill Martin and they were both recently banned by The Texas State Board of Education. In their annual review of literature that is to be made available to Texas school children, The Board of Education deemed all books written by Bill Martin unsuitable for the State's elementary schools for his "very strong critiques of capitalism and the American system". This list included the classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear. The push for the ban was headed by The State Representative from Weatherford, Pat Hardy. Hardy and her crack staff failed to realize in their 5 minutes of research that their could be 2 authors with the same name. The backlash over the ban has come quickly and from all directions. Most notably, from Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition. A spokesperson for Jackson said, "this ban is clearly a sign of hatred from the Board of Education to the poor, repressed Brown Bear" and that "the bear in question, because he is not a polar bear, has been singled out and that my friend, is clearly a blatant sign of racism" The Reverend Al Sharpton also chimed in saying that he would "join Jackson in his trip to Texas to counsel the brown bear and his family". Sharpton, the fat, pompous, man of God also said that the action could "lead to a boycott of Texas" to which I'm sure the fine citizens of Texas would welcome with open-arms. But for now, Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do you See? remains banned until further notice or until The Board of Education pulls their heads out of their a$$es.