this is a great little treatise on what booksellers' and bookstore owners' responsibilities are in the stocking/selling/displaying of harmful publications. in the difference we can make in keeping a space free (or even just more free) from hurtful words and stances. the little ways we can make a difference, even if we do stock (or special-order) a book. this is short but full of great arguments to arm booksellers with for those customers who want to be belligerent when we don't have a racist book on the shelf.

"The fact that the Republican Party and much of mainstream conservative media has collapsed into blatant and aggressive White supremacy, xenophobia, misogyny, and fascism, and that much of publishing treats them as if this is acceptable, is their fucking mistake, not yours. Trump being president does not make his ideas worth your shelf space. Fox News getting ratings does not make the ideas of its pundits worth your shelf space. Just because the Republican Party is the largest conservative party in America does not make their ideas worth your shelf space."

"Displays are not an expression of accessibility but of amplification. The book and the ideas and speech it contains will still be accessible whether it is on display, on the shelf, or needs to be special-ordered. Putting it on display simply amplifies it and extends its reach."

"You are not obligated to keep a bookseller on staff who does no real work for the store. So why should you be obligated to keep ideas on your platform that do no real work for the discourse?"

"We must be as persistent as White supremacy. ...We got here actively and so cannot be passive if want want to move forward." ( )