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In March 1999, The Bluest Eye was successfully banned from Baker High School language arts program in Baker City, Oregon, after multiple complaints from parents about the content of the book. [40] The original source of contention for this novel was the rape scene between Cholly and Pecola.
A group of Texas parents are banding together to push back on book bans in school districts across the state. The Texas Freedom to Read Project , a coalition of parents from across the state ...
The Bluest Eye: Toni Morrison: Themes of racism, incest and child sexual abuse 1970 10 15 34 Bone (series) Jeff Smith: References to smoking, drinking and gambling: 1991–2004 16 — — The Boy Who Lost His Face: Louis Sachar: Themes of the occult, sexuality and bullying; profanity: 1989 — 92 46 Boys and Sex: Wardell Pomeroy: Sexual ...
A viral Feb. 1 tweet that garnered at least 16,100 retweets and 65,800 likes by Australian user @AnthCondon said, "Books banned in Texas include 1984, Maus, and The Handmaid's Tale, but not Mein ...
Author Toni Morrison’s book “The Bluest Eye” won’t be found in libraries in the Wentzville School District after the school board voted Thursday 4-3 to remove the book.
[20] In 2021, the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom named it the third most banned and challenged book in the United States of the year; [20] it was the second most challenged book in 2022 [21] [22] and 2023. [23] [24] School boards in at least ten states have removed the book from their libraries. [4] [25] [26] [27 ...
The town board's decision came after some residents called for a ban of library books they'd ... Gaiter’s list of 19 books included “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison and “The Perks of ...
But The Bluest Eye is also history, sociology, folklore, nightmare and music." [26] The novel did not sell well at first, but the City University of New York put The Bluest Eye on its reading list for its new Black studies department, as did other colleges, which boosted sales. [27] The book also brought Morrison to the attention of the ...