new documentary, “Butterfly in the Sky,” named for the classic theme song of his show. While there, host Joy Behar made a point to call out how many books have been banned in schools lately, “especially about race, sexuality and basically American history.”And, when she asked for Burton’s thoughts on the matter, he was ready.“Bulls—,” he replied bluntly. “I’ll be absolutely candid and honest, it’s embarrassing that we are banning books in this country, in this culture, in this day and age.
We have this aversion in this country to knowing about our past. And anything that is unpleasant, we don’t want to do deal with.” Burton then added that, just because something’s unpleasant, doesn’t mean it should be ignored.
In fact, ignoring it only allows it to persist.“This is not going away. Nothing goes away, especially if you ignore it,” he added. “So read the books they’re banning.
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