“A Pulitzer-Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust has been banned by a Tennessee school district, prompting blowback from critics who say it’s essential to teach children about the genocide.

“The 10-member McMinn County School Board voted unanimously earlier this month to remove Maus from its curriculum and replace it with an alternative, which hadn’t yet been decided at the time of the vote.

“”We are here because some people objected to the words and the graphics used in the book,” board member Rob Shamblin said during the meeting, according to the minutes posted on the school board’s website.”

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