The Brooklyn Public Library has been wading into the nation’s culture wars in an effort to circumvent book bans in Republican-controlled states.

The library’s “Books Unbanned” program allows non-residents, ages 13 to 21, access to the collection and has already lent 25,000 books since spring — including thousands to students in states with book restrictions.

Red state lawmakers across the country have waged campaigns in recent months against books they say promote Critical Race Theory, gender transition and other subjects they claim are tantamount to political indoctrination.

“The school is not a playground for politicians,” Elana Fishbein, founder, and president of the group No Left Turn in Education told Politico. “The school is to educate kids to give them the tools that they need to eventually succeed in life. … It should be neutral territory.”

Opponents of the bans say it’s important for students to learn about systemic racism and other recently in-vogue subjects.

“The American Library Association reported 729 challenges to library, school, and university materials and services in 2021, resulting in more than 1,597 individual book challenges or removals,” the Brooklyn Public Library said in a description of the program on their website. “Most targeted books were for a teen audience and were by or about Black or LGBTQIA+ persons.”