School Book Bans
The cluster debates whether removing books with explicit or sexual content from US school libraries and curricula qualifies as 'banning' them, contrasting parental rights and age-appropriateness against claims of censorship.
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Seems relevant: https://www.thefp.com/p/the-truth-about-banned-books
Are there books it’s okay to ban?
Ok books are now banned. Are you happy?
What's been really jarring about this issue is that everyone is calling it a "book ban", when it demonstrably is not. It's removing certain (in some cases pornographic) material from school curricula and libraries. Maybe you can steelman an argument that goes something like "if they remove this from school curricula and libraries, they'll try to remove it from the [everywhere else] too". This is of course silly. Plus, you can just go actually read the text of t
Maybe the books aren't banned enough in your region to qualify :)
We're talking about an article titled "The Most Banned Books _in U.S. Schools_", I thought the "in U.S. schools" part provided the context, but I suppose not.
"Parents told government to ban books" is still government banning the books
At least in my mind it's unfair because the books are not in any way banned. Anyone can get them. They're more available than perhaps any time in history. The school's decision not to stock them may merit criticism, but the books are hardly "banned" in the traditional sense of the word.
Banning books is widely considered to be a bad thing.
Where have these books been banned?