Book banning

The Dangers of not Censoring Libraries Censoring books is a very ancient practice for humans. In an article called “Banned Books) is says books are most commonly banned because they are deemed offensive to other cultures or beliefs. The reasons behind banning books has varied, and we still ban many books today. I believe that School and Public libraries should surely be censored. I feel this way because many books hold offensive religious content, or be very inappropriate, especially for younger

Banning Books. For this assignment I decide to call El Paso Library Main Branch because it was the only library that answered my call. My first option was Clardy Fox Library but the phone that Google provide was off line. I called El Paso Library on Saturday, September 5th at 2 p.m. because they closed at 6 p.m. and luckily they answered me. The person that took the phone was a male, I forgot to ask his name or maybe I do not remember his name at all. Going to the point, the first thing that I ask

fact that they are not allowed to teach certain books in English class. Much of the harassment comes from parents. These parents believe that the teachers have no right to make students read books that are “questionable” to their children's education. Many of the books do contain violence, sexual references, and crude language; however, these books are what shaped America for what it is today. Teachers should be allowed to teach “questionable” books because they allow the students to become cultured

reason books should be banned. Just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean you have to take it away from everyone else. In the paragraphs below there will be an explanation on why books should not be banned. Books should not be banned just because it may not be appropriate for the reader. There are themes/lessons in these books. You can get a better idea of the world around you. Books serve a good lesson. Books serve a good purpose. “If you really want people not to read a certain book, banning

number of books that were banned or challenged in the United States in the year 2017. Likewise, that was thirty plus life lessons, themes, and morals people could not learn. That was thirty books that people could not read. Most importantly, it violated their First Amendment rights. Some people believe books should not be banned in schools/libraries because it limits the important life lessons that could be learned and it also violates the First Amendment rights of U.S. citizens. Books have many

Banning books is one of the most unnecessary occurences to be brought to light. The administrators who ban books don’t take into account how much the kids will want to read it now that it is “banned”. They will wonder why the book is so bad that the administration has banned the book. Like any other curious kid, they are going to read it to find out because they were told not to. The parenting perspective is understandable kids shouldn’t have to learn about some inappropriate topics until the child

Banning Books doesn’t help anyone so why do it? Introduction: Books help people learn and grow, but banning books can restrict people's learning and growing. The best books are the banned ones, the ones that can actually be useful. Banned books are the most beneficial, they can teach a lot of life lessons and help people with problems. Banning books is like shutting out people's ideas and ideas are way too powerful to shut out. Most banned books are the historic books and if we can’t learn about

Banning challenged books from schools and libraries is wrong and is restricting students from seeing the real world. These challenged books can include many controversial subject matters, including sexual references, homosexuality, racial differences, alternative lifestyles and more. Though some of the reasons for banning books are understandable, they are not educating students on what they will see as they grow older and what they will encounter in reality. Banning books because of religious reasons

Banning books does not help anyone; banning a book in a library makes it more difficult for other people to read the book if they can not afford to buy the book. The definition of a banned book is a work that contains material that has been deemed inappropriate, offensive, or dangerous by certain people or organizations. The people that usually challenge the books are parents of children (Shumaker). An example of banned books would be the Harry Potter series. Parents wanted to ban the books because

“Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas”. In today’s society there is a burning issue on whether or not books shall be banned from schools and other public places. Throughout history there have been many examples of censorship. For example, in 1950 when Joseph McCarthy burned and tried to remove any books with foreign and Communist ideas. People think that due to inappropriate information, or what they think is inappropriate, books have been removed. Books should