8/15/2023 0 Comments Banned book list 2022![]() ![]() ![]() They help us learn to think for ourselves and not follow the group think of public opinion. ![]() They challenge our beliefs and biases, expose us to different experiences and cultures. Closer to home, two members of the Spotsylvania County School Board in Virginia advocated for burning certain books, and a lawsuit filed against two authors and a book seller in Virginia Beach hopes to prohibit the sale of books deemed obscene. Less comically, we have been called groomers and pedophiles for having LGBTQIA+ books on the shelves. Although the vast majority of challenges go unreported, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom counted 330 incidents of book censorship in just the three months from September to November 2021 - marking the highest rate since the association began tracking the issue in 1990.”Įarlier this year, one Oklahoma lawmaker compared librarians to cockroaches. And this year marks the 100 th anniversary of the publication in the US of James Joyce’s " Ulysses," the standard bearer for book censorship.Īccording to an article in the Washington Post (March 22, 2022), "School book bans are soaring. Several Arlington Reads authors have been banned book listed: Kiese Laymon, Jacqueline Woodson, Judy Blume, Alison Bechdel, Tim O’Brien. Hardly a week goes by when there is not a news story about a book challenge happening somewhere: " The Bluest Eye," " Maus," " Gender Queer," " The Hate U Give." Frequent targets are fiction and nonfiction about people of color, LGBTQIA+ protagonists, and books dealing with Jewish and Muslim religious/ethnic themes. ![]()
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