Recent years have seen a record-breaking number of attempts to ban books. Here's how book banning emerged—and how it turned school libraries into battlegrounds.
Together, these results suggest that rather than serving primarily as a censorship tactic, book banning in this recent US context, targeted at low-interest children's books featuring diverse characters, is more similar to symbolic political action to galvanize shrinking voting blocs.Goncalves Marcelo ...
The national furor in recent years aroundbanning bookson race and gender in public schools is intensifying as President-elect Donald Trump threatens to shut down the Department of Education, emboldening conservatives to end “wokeness” in classrooms. Battles over books inschool librarieshave become e...
The numbers make compelling reading, particularly in a week when effects similar to the wave of book bannings in the United States is echoed by a Wisconsin elementary school’s removal of a song from its spring concert because the Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus duet “Rainbowland” could be, ...
Students temporarily lost access to nearly 100 books in Beaufort County, South Carolina after a book banning push. Here's the full list of books. Mar 3, 2024 Beaufort, SC, schools return dozens of books to shelves after ban fight A South Carolina school district's superintendent pulled ...
Book banning (or burning) has been around for almost as long as human history has been recorded. In the past, books have been banned largely for the same reason... December 9, 2024 Her Campus at NYU Author Spotlight: Samira Ahmed Read Sabrina Blandon's last Author Spotlight as she ...
Book-banning efforts have been on the rise in recent years, putting pressure on authors, librarians and educators. The American Library Association recorded 4,240 unique book titles that were targeted for removal or restriction in schools and libraries across the U.S. in 2023, topping the prev...
A lot of people out there don’t want the government in their face — or so they say — but they’re okay with banning books. My thing is: I don’t want the people in my family to have a stranger come in and tell us what we should or shouldn’t read. That’...
The ALA's data found that pressure groups and individuals behind the book-banning efforts targeted multiple titles, "often dozens or hundreds at a time." Allegations of "obscene," "divisive," or "inappropriate" content have largely been used to challenge books that touch on the LGBTQ...
The censorship of religious based literature has been in a decline in the United States as of late. It is much easier in today’s world get your hands …show more content… The online article “Banned and Challenged Books”, contains various statistics on book banning. Over the course of ...