'I read this whole book and was very disgusted.' 'This is very offensive, as an African American - period,' Carr said. Holding a copy of 'The Bluest Eye,' by Toni Morrison, Marcus Carr, a grandparent who has students in Utah schools, said that he doesn't have a problem with the book but doesn't think it should be accessible to students. Mason said that the group went to the Legislature to 'ask for help' with removing the titles from school libraries after being unsuccessful through district channels as well as through the state school board. 'They have unrestricted access to graphic pornographic novels that, really, are against the law.' 'Right now, our children are exposed to pornography in school libraries,' said Nichole Mason, president of Utah Parents United. The House Education Committee on Friday voted 11-2 to pass HB374. Utah Parents United is a parent group that has been pushing school districts across the state to remove books they say contain 'pornographic or indecent material,' as well as lobbying in support of HB374, a bill that bans 'sensitive materials' and requires school districts to evaluate objectionable content in libraries or classrooms and report it to the Utah State Board of Education and, ultimately, the Legislature. 'This has been a very long process with a lot of voices.' 'It wasn't just one parent who sent an email that triggered a review of the books and a look at our policy to see how we could strengthen and improve it - it was numerous,' Haney said. There are many more but it is exhausting mentally, watching and reviewing these books' content.' 'I am asking that you will spend the time to review the videos below for inappropriate material. 'I have come across many videos on social media about sexually explicit books in our Utah school libraries, and in school libraries around the country,' a Canyons School District parent wrote in an email obtained by KSL.com through a public records request. Haney added that the district also received two GRAMA requests to review the titles of an entire collection of books at one high school, two middle schools and two elementary schools in the district. 'We had received numerous emails and phone calls from parents in the Canyons School District expressing concern about some of the titles that were in our school libraries,' said Jeff Haney, communications director for Canyons School District. Canyons School District has returned six of the nine books that were previously held from circulation at district libraries last fall after parents contacted the district upset over the content found in the books, claiming them to be explicit.

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