On January 10, 2022, in an unanimous vote, the board of trustees of east Tennessee McMinn County Schools removed the Pulitzer Prize winning Maus from its eight-grade schools curriculum. The board said the book had "rough language" and "unnecessary" profanity (e.g. eight words, including "damn"), a small drawing of a nude woman drawn as a mouse, mentions of murder, violence, and suicide.
The board declared it did not concur with its community values. "It shows people hanging, it shows them killing kids."
Board member Tony Allman said, according to meeting minutes. "Why does the educational system promote this kind of stuff? It is not wise or healthy."
On February 2, 2022 head pastor Greg Locke at Global Vision Bible Church of Tennessee led a book burning of copies of "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" to rid "demonic" influences. The event was live-streamed on Facebook to denounce "witchcraft," and rid of "demonic" influences.
He said in an Instagram post."It's witchcraft 100 percent."
The "Harry Potter" books have been banned several times before. In 2019, Tennessee pastor Father Dan Reehil of the Catholic academy of St. Edward School removed the popular book series from the school's library, saying in part in an email
