Books assist people in experiencing all things outside of what they are accustomed. But when some books push the limits or discuss a topic that is deemed controversial, individuals want the books banned.
A USA Today story covered the types and amount of requests that schools and libraries receive from people in communities to ban books. Such classics such as To Kill a Mockingbird and Why the Caged Bird Sings have been requested to be removed. Reasons include inappropriate, sexual content, racism, language and more. The most common reason has been sexual content.
The story included text about the banning of books, along with a creative photo of a pile of books that have been banned. By placing a comment section on this story individuals are able to gauge if certain books are truly found to be inappropriate by the public.
Books in libraries are optional. Books in schools are chosen for a particular reason and most of the time it is because they help students understand certain aspects of life. If a book is such a huge problem for parents then maybe they need to allow their children to read the book and then discuss the topics that the find disagreeable. They could use these books as they were meant to be used- as a learning mechanism.
USA Today did a wonderful job in presenting this story. Underneath the article they placed a list of all the books that have been requested to be banned since 2003, the location, the outcome, and the reasons. Going through this list said a lot about how people feel in particular geographical locations as well as the types of works that people feel are too important to society to be banned.
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Goes to show you how many closed-minded lawmakers/people we have in this country. Sad.
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