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The book includes information about atrocities committed by the Red Army during the siege of Changchun, the smuggling of opium by senior Party leader Wang Zhen during the Chinese Civil War, and claims that China's official description of the "Lin Biao affair" is inaccurate. [69] [70] Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China (1991) Jung Chang ...
Pages in category "Lists of controversial books" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 ...
Stephen King has given a blunt three-word response to discovering that 23 of his books have been banned from school libraries in Florida, a law that is now being challenged by six major book ...
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]
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a book that has been censored and considered controversial for over 100 years. [32] It has been argued whether the book should be considered racist, or anti-racist, due to the use of the word "nigger" in the text. In 1982, a school administrator of Virginia called the novel the "most grotesque ...
Inside the editing controversy sweeping the U.K. and changes to new editions, and whether they've been changed in the U.S. Roald Dahl books will be published in 'classic' form following editing ...
Sexually explicit" [61] material was the most frequent cause of book challenges in the decade from 1990 to 2000, according to People for the American Way, while "offensive language" [61] was responsible for the second-most number.