Children's Book Flagged by Alabama Library Because Author's Name is 'Gay'

[@JaeSwift10JamellaSwift]

C Tha God should start a book club to encourage people to read more.

[@iamBlackTech95]

I agree

[@Dopecheetah]

That’s a good idea yo🫡

[@missrenee2u]

Yeah I'd join

[@divineintervention212]

You don't need c the God for that. Start local book clubs where you're at or join a internet book club.💯

[@MRLONG758]

​@@divineintervention212I'm pretty sure the original commenter said this because Charla is a massive public figure and has incredible reach and influence on his platforms.

[@kiddeath1302]

Its crazy how some of those people claim they're having their free speech taken away but are literally taking away free speech 😂😂

[@xxxkobsanity]

no lies detected

[@kokuhakuqiun4215]

Haha fax. Sabrina Waterford tried the same shit. Advocated for Gilead and thought all the laws women had to follow in Gilead WOULDN’T apply to her 😂😂 Show is The Handmaid’s Tale

[@Tunechi65]

Fake ass patriots LMAO

[@orp8428]

My daughter is now shipping books to my house because they are band in Nebraska. All of these books are about Black and Native children. My son in law is Native (Navajo) and this is a real issue. Also, she purchased the books from Amazon, but they could not ship them to their state. It’s real y’all

[@Cryingcrys]

That's sad she has to do that but glad she is figuring out a way!

[@sonjabethay2277]

OMG

[@reggiechestnut]

as long as its nothing about gender or sexuality inside they may be books about blacks or natives but is there anything sexual in there at all

[@shazzari]

Googling all banned books for our Christmas break reading list before they stop being sold in the U.S 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@ptk4392]

U niggas don't read stop the cap

[@Shin-Blade]

Alabama also failed to realize that there are heterosexual people who were born with the last name "Gay..." 🤣

[@CGarrett]

There's a city named Gay in Alabama too

[@divineintervention212]

I know you're 100% correct, but for some strange reason everyone one I've known with the last name gay was actually gay.😕Even Marvin Gaye had rumors on him and his father was known for wearing dresses in public and even when cutting his lawn at times. Marvin's last name wasn't even spelled with a E. He just added the E to his stage name to avoid the stigma.💯

[@ILoveTheAllCreator]

Gaylord is a common lastname

[@KennyakaTI]

​@@divineintervention212Just because someone's last name is gày doesn't mean they are automatically gay. Rudy Gay the nba player is not gay and every person I met with that last name was straight.

[@Shin-Blade]

@@divineintervention212 Honestly, even if it's true (and Marvin Gaye's story about his father was true according to his death), there really was no place or reason for you to display your homophobic perception which I do not approve. I really was poking at this headline in a wordplay manner... 🙏🏾

[@ezfrmdatropp143]

So that mean they ain’t got no Marvin gay cds or autobiography that’s crazy 😂

[@ikemcnulty]

Not lil sexy red riding hood 😂😂😂

[@suziecute9873]

And Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch some Molly and percocet 🤭

[@mikemeezy806]

Little sexy Redd riding hood taking the big bad wolf to pound town🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kaytan8409]

I heard Huntsville-Madison County and was like DANG. No idea this happened in my own residence, and I just went down to the library this past weekend 😂

[@hipking23]

😅😂😢

[@WestCoast999]

Him, JEEZY and Jadakiss as teenage mutant ninja turtles is so accurate

[@Pioneervalleydjs]

Envy's Book: How To Steal From Your People & Take No Responsibility! 😂

[@D12eben]

Not funny

[@mercnicole]

Not cool.

[@vondongaming]

​@@D12ebenit's true

[@vondongaming]

​@@mercnicoleit's true

[@malikanderson4330]

@pioneervalleydjs Why do DJs hate other DJs …? Foul

[@donnettepalmer6798]

So they never heard of a singer named Marvin Gaye 😂ppl have lost their damn minds 😂I wonder if they sing the Christmas Carol where the line says ‘now we’re in our Gay apparel?

[@royalty843]

They'll ban Flintstones for having a gay ol time

[@donnettepalmer6798]

@@royalty843😂😂😂

[@salcaneat]

Amanda love is WILD. I ain’t even gon lie 😂😂😂

[@lip124]

So can the author sue for defamation of character?, 🤔🤔

[@dorangist7558]

It's wild that the news report says the book was not banned but char did this whole donkey about something that didn't happen

[@mkbadlands5346]

OMG I love CTG so much I cant stand it smh smh

[@teddyBfunny]

Reading is fundamental but for Kanye West Reading makes him go Mental😂 We need more reading they need to bring back the Book-It program

[@khalildonyute1]

Dj Envy book: “How to Scam in Real Estate” 😂😂

[@youtubeonly1557]

And this is what AI gets you. You MUST keep humans actually READING stuff they want to band anything!

[@geoffowens4926]

Not Little Sexy Red Redding Hood.😂😂😂😂

[@tobiasedwards2643]

That killed me talking about the big bad wolf took her to pound town 🤣🤣

[@geoffowens4926]

Didn't your Mom & Dad ever told you never judge a book by its front cover?🤔

[@flipschicago]

DJ Envy lieing about being a victim is Donkey of The Decade.

[@jeromejenkins151]

Marie Louise Pause 😂

[@TXLennyS]

Can't these books be read on personal tablets?

[@elijaharvinger1178]

Sure. All you need is to be able to afford a tablet. Be able to afford the digital download price of the book. Be able to afford WiFi to digitally download the book. Going to the library and reading it for free pshhh I say. That's for POOR people.

[@TXLennyS]

Understand...but I don't know any kids no matter how poor that don't have tablets and phones...not one

[@achillesv8980]

Waiting for donkey of the day to hit Envy and Cesar 😅

[@rhonda1704]

Lol

[@TheMinor18]

This seems like a stretch. But you know how ppl like to find reason to be fake mad about something

[@josephatkinson5693]

The lady said the book never got banned in the clip he played🤔 so what really was the point of this rant

[@lilbyron334]

105.7 in Montgomery not 107.5

[@big1709_]

0:44 😂😂😂🖤💯👍 good one

[@ShawnCarter-rq8eo]

Uh oh, someone said something about gays. Here come Charlene...

[@rachelsbehavior]

Ok preach Charlemagne 💅🏽

[@ayandakeith]

Charlamagne says he loves reading that don't pertain to him but wasn't familiar with Mobile, Alabama. 😳

[@jamielleanderson33]

Wow Just Wow Smh

[@YardDawgTv]

Being told to read books/things that don’t pertain to you is wild advice…actually it’s very bad advice for black ppl…we need to read more that do pertain to us

[@AyyuBX7]

Damn so that's probably the one place where Marvin Gaye never got any sales or did any performances.

[@MikeThaPhilosopher]

We still saying libbery in 2023?

[@DRACOFURY]

That's *Valid* Respectfully 🤭

[@BigDaddy52525]

The average IQ in Alabama is 80.

[@eliwol3789]

The real donkey of the day is DJ Envy Aka DJ Ponzi… He I had turned the breakfast club to the “Break Fast Club”

[@CreativeLegend2023]

It's worse in Florida

[@lovethang79]

This world 🌎 💔

[@sirrmanning2769]

PREACH!!

[@robertrose7891]

Yes read Lord of the Flies

[@chronocross85]

I know the author got bullied in highschool with that name

[@awalkingllc.2117]

Bra ijs if i see a book with the word Gay on it im going to examine it to make sure nothing homosexual on it my self i believe it's not a child's place to explore that topic. So i dont blame them for flagging it.

[@deekers215]

idk about this one, they said it was flagged, they made a mistake. It wasn't even taken off self. smh

[@chiruffryder]

What about authors last name of White

[@kishmablack342]

😳 They call their self Liberian wow 🤔

[@alyu9337]

Envy should get donkey clown of the decade

[@youtubeonly1557]

Guess envy’s book is NOT gossip smfh y’all kill me! But jada’s book is!?!? 😂 y’all men be weak af!!! Mad because a woman tells her story FULLY!

[@joelmobley9002]

Oh Huntsville AL my old stumping ground. Yea they've always been racist

[@castle-j-skol1308]

Good enough reason if you ask me

[@Princeofdarkness45682]

No, it’s not a good reason. Censorship is never OK in media whether that’s books video games, movies, TV, shows, etc. if you don’t want your kids reading a book that’s associated with the word, gay then don’t get them the damn book and watch the media your kids are consuming like an actual responsible parent. And quit blaming entertainment for your crappy, parenting skills. instead of blaming entertainment for your own bigotry and stupidity, stop ruining stuff for everybody else you religious homophobes are ruining this world, trying to shove your bs religion down peoples throats

[@aintboutme]

Charlamagne doesn't realize he's not doing much credit to his mother by announcing that she's an English teacher, and he's almost 50 years old, pronouncing "library" incorrectly.

[@rhonda1704]

He can't help the way he pronounce words

[@tombstone4444]

😂😅😊

[@Ufosarereall]

I remember early 2000s school used to give the McDonalds slips and you had to read 5 books and fill the slip out for a full meal. Those was the good American days

[@mattsmith4589]

Absolutely facts this made me read

[@simplyme1705]

The first 55 seconds of this was chaotic lol I wasn't prepared for the TMNT

[@_Tree]

That's a damn shame, but what else should we expect from Alabama or anywhere in this country........especially in the South

[@kennethwatts4390]

We're not offended, the rest of America can choose to teach there children about LGBT

[@MommyZeee]

Why don’t they bring back those days where you would read a book or books for the month and get a Pizza Hut coupon at the end of the month? I have dyslexia and it helped me read more and it helped expand my word vocabulary and my spelling.

[@patrickmiller1834]

Very well put Charlemagne

[@DaytonJoey]

They finna ban Marvin Gaye from the library 😭 “We’re all sensitive people”

[@trebm3]

This was a concern when the book banning started. All these crazy religious people would find all sorts of excuses to ban books they don’t like

[@rhonda1704]

Be quiet

[@kokuhakuqiun4215]

@@rhonda1704no u be quiet

[@rhonda1704]

@kokuhakuqiun4215 lol maaaaaddddd? Bye Felicia I don't see you anymore

[@rhonda1704]

Oh and before I go...BE quiet 😅🤣😂

[@robertknowles5714]

Didn't your momma tell u to never judge a book by it's cover literally

[@elijaharvinger1178]

Always thought that was weird. The cover of books is literally designed for peoples judgement. It's how we decide if a book "looks" interesting enough to want to read. The cover is usually the first advertising of the book. They design book covers to be judged.

[@akamax7365]

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch Molly and perc 😂😂😂 Charla is wild for this one

[@uniqueweasel]

I love all of this but Char saying “lie-berry” kills me

[@royalty843]

Geechie talk

[@elijaharvinger1178]

Library or lie bury. The place where they bury the lies.

[@neverobey1477]

You giving donkey of the day for this bs.. but what about keeping that same energy for those celebrating what happened in Israel??

[@mauricereid3004]

There won't be "Donkey of the Day" because no one is celebrating it!!!!

[@neverobey1477]

@mauricereid3004 so I guess you in your liberal bubble or are just too.stupid to go online and see it

[@369pendulum]

@@neverobey1477 How is stupid because we haven't seen it?

[@dwayne9959]

Click bait lightweight. Was flagged cuz it was in the children’s section based off whatever keyword framework they use. Was a simple mistake.

[@Kenneth-d1m]

Give Dj Envy Donkey of the day for helping promote a scammer who ripped of people in our community.

[@yuritarted9890]

Nah imagine having that name though

[@youraveragejoe2]

Imagine the teasing at school

[@tcgrant3267]

😂 would have to change it frfr

[@FreshNewzTV]

I just know Rudy gay used to get flamed everyday at school

[@AnitaGotBars]

@@FreshNewzTVLMAOOO WHY was I just thinking that I’m like yeaaa that motivated him for sure 😂😂😂

[@FreshNewzTV]

@@AnitaGotBars 😂😂

[@tyroneolson6120]

Wow

[@willjohn4286]

Alabama ain’t with the Gay stuff even if it’s a last name 😩😩🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️😂

[@sharif760]

Who's going to ban all music by MARVIN GAYe next ?

[@lashundrashinell]

The first name of one of my favorite teachers is Gay. Gay means happy!!!! People are crazy.

[@RETRO-RANEYS-RESTORATIONS]

Envy smoking mad newports cause he due in court

[@ytrbro1041]

books are very important, I like audiobooks, 😁

[@crownvicmusiccvm904]

I mean I don’t like there being gay or trans based kids books but this is funny lol

[@ace1007]

This is a reach for your social/ political agenda. It was flagged by mistake for the children's section only. It was not banned and certainly not flagged from the library altogether.. there are much more important things to be "outraged" about..

[@ericmckinney4607]

The only people who have an agenda ae the ones trying to censor the real life. Are you ok with people like DeSantis distorting black history for political gain? People like you probably agree with the right-wing agenda of censoring life.

[@Jayoplantern]

Damn Marvin Gaye banned too?

[@jamalbryant8099]

"What's going on?"

[@Eiliestl]

The E in gay saved that book

[@geronimopratt7976]

So prejudice

[@LuxuryNoCap]

Bravo Alabama lol. smh

[@ewash1984]

Aye man get off my state lol

[@rashondaabercrombia3023]

Envy we don’t care bout ya book 📕 😂

[@lekendricbell5248]

What about the banned bible....

[@xxjsu91xx]

Really Fahrenheit 451

[@Dame1661]

In 7th I had a teacher named Mrs dyke

[@redhousewife4406]

KZbinr Rob Galivan had to change his birth name from Rob Dyke because KZbin flagged it. I never thought this would happen in a school library.

[@raquelleseda2302]

I would love to see C the god reading to his daughters some of these books ppl are asking school boards to bank from libraries. The ones that talk about sex acts and have pictures that are sexually explicit. We’ll see if he has that same energy about not banning books. 😒

[@ramonafortson]

She can’t help her last name

[@austinfast2325]

Let’s go Huntsville lol

[@royalty843]

Alabama people....

[@iamk3vinharris]

😂😂😂😂

[@missebone]

🤦🏾‍♀️

[@tcgrant3267]

Would young kids know what that meant if society wasn't shoving it in our kids face

[@lookhowshegobbledthat]

Stop shoving schizo imaginary sky daddy cults in kids' faces

[@korReeS2]

🤡🤡🤡 we all knew what it meant when we was growing up we either learned from family members or our peers at school 🤦🏾‍♂️ this is nothing new just more inclusion because they only care about money and what’s going to sell stop thinking they’re trying to make folks gay 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@mauricereid3004]

It's people who are banning the books that do the most of "shoving in kids' faces!!!!"

[@ericmckinney4607]

I am 51 and I knew what gay meant when I was a child. You people are nuts.

[@elijaharvinger1178]

Explaining to kids why two men are holding hands. Or why a classmate may have two mommy's isn't shoving it in their face. It's preparing them for the reality that gay people exist. And that they shouldn't be bigoted or afraid of them. It's wild that the GOP wants to teach 5 year olds how to handle an AR but don't want them to know it's possible to love someone of the same sex.

[@BobbyMarley718]

DOTD should go to the school board allowing a book too graphic to read out loud in children’s libraries.

[@billybutcher8584]

Wooow I live in Huntsville and take my son there all the time.

[@jorel3223]

I don't see anything wrong with banning anything that has to do with Gay....