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Originally Posted by levite
All banning books really ends up doing is making sure that kids don't read challenging literature. It makes for less educated, less sophisticated, less aware kids. Nothing else.
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Eh?
While there are many books idiots try to get banned from their libraries which are quite important literary works I don't think books like.....
Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite - #2 in 2000
Sex by Madonna - #19
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein -#28
Would be 'challenging'
Over all I think this is about sound and fury but signifies nothing
Looking at that 2000 list I can see a few I read in school...
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - #6
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - #13
Lord of the Flies by William Golding - #70
Native Son by Richard Wright - #72
But I did read them even if they were challenged frequently in libraries, and I can understand why Native Son is on that list, its a rather nasty book that can promote racism if not properly discussed. Hell most of those books on the top 100 list are sex Ed books, and I can only guess what Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite (#2) is about.
Out of the 10's of thousands of books out there, I'm sure you can raise educated, sophisticated children into educated and sophisticated adults without using ANY 'banned' book, though losing Lord of the Flies would be sad.
Lord of the Flies, Animal Farm, and 1984 should all be read before starting contemporary history classes.