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This list of the most commonly challenged books in the United States refers to books sought to be removed or otherwise restricted from public access, typically from a library or a school curriculum. This list is primarily based on U.S. data gathered by the American Library Association 's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF), which gathers data ...
Banned Books Week poses that question as parents' rights groups, politicians, librarians and publishers are increasingly at odds over which books are suitable for young people to read.
While some book bans have led to higher sales, as seen with “Maus” and “The Hate U Give,” some authors say the bans tank sales and devastate their careers, especially when they belong to ...
Proponents of removing books mention how certain kinds of lessons dealing with racism and history can make students uncomfortable and make white students feel guilty. [19] In some other cases, the books have been by or about people of color or the LGBTQ community, but the reasons cited for removal have to do with profanity or sex. [8]
The book was banned by the Portuguese government without any clear reason. According to the author, one possible reason was because he was from the "current of thought what claims that the discovery of Brazil happened 'by random'" or by the fact he "have registered the history of the 1600 years cut to the Arabian navy by Vasco da Gama".
Here's what we know about Banned Books Week and how Hoosiers can get their hands on challenged books in Southern Indiana. When is Banned Books Week? Banned Books Week this year is from Sept. 22-28.
A Banned Books Week "read out" at Shimer College. The event has been held during the last full week of September since 1982. [13] Banned Books Week is intended to encourage readers to examine challenged literary works and to promote intellectual freedom in libraries, schools, and bookstores.
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison. Morrison’s visionary first novel is the painful and poignant story of Pecola Breedlove, an abused and unloved Black girl, pregnant by her own father, who ...