During Tuesday’s Broward School Board meeting, a parent read an explicit passage from the novel PUSH by Sapphire. In the novel, a daughter gives an explicit description of her sexual abuse at the hands of her father. The parent claimed the adult novel is available at the South Plantation High School library.

Shortly after the parent began reading, the audio from meeting’s livestream was cut off. The audio returned as soon as the next speaker was called to the podium.

It does not appear that Chairman Lori Alhadeff attempted to stop the parent. But, someone decided that the passage from PUSH should not go out over the District’s television and radio broadcasts.

If the words in PUSH are not suitable for the meeting, why is it available in local high schools?