A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind

by Washington, Harriet A.

ISBN: 9780316509428

Genres

Historical Fiction

Banned or challenged 1 time across 1 jurisdiction.

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Timeline

Unified view of laws affecting this book and jurisdictions where it’s been removed or challenged, in chronological order.

0 law events2 ban events

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Jul 1, 2025
Banremoved
DoDEA (Federal)
Removed from DoDEA school libraries per White House executive orders.
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Oct 23, 2025
Banunder legal challenge
DoDEA (Federal)
Federal judge (Patricia Giles, E.D. Va.) grants preliminary injunction ordering DoDEA to restore all removed books. ACLU v. DoDEA.

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DoDEA (Federal)

school · federal

Under Legal ChallengeA lawsuit has been filed challenging this ban or the law behind it.

Removed per executive orders targeting DEI, gender ideology, and 'radical indoctrination' content in K-12 schools.

Reported Jul 14, 2025