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Why do Some Individuals Believe Banning Books May be a Necessity?

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Why do Some Individuals Believe Banning Books May be a Necessity?

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What Kind of Material is Appropriate in the Classroom?

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What Kind of Material is Appropriate in the Classroom?

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What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of banning books in schools?

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What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of banning books in schools?

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How do book bans impact students pg2

"Not having suitable representation robs people of seeing the full wealth of the future we can all inhabit.Book bans diminish the quality of education students have access to ad restrict their exposure to important perspectives that form the fabric of a culturally pluralist society like the United States."

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"Educators have worked hard to “ensure students see themselves in the stories in our libraries. By removing these titles, authors, and characters, we are marginalizing students who already suffer historically in that way.”

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"The vast majority of Americans from both major political parties are against book bans and restrictions. More than 70% oppose bans in public libraries and 67% oppose efforts to remove books from schools, according to a national poll conducted by the ALA."

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Drawbacks on banning certain materials in schools are the limitations put on critical thinking and the intellectual freedom of students. As well as the imparting of children's understanding of diversity and cultural differences. Book banning supports historical distortion and the misunderstanding of controversial matters that are changing society.

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"Soft censorship is when fears of real censorship may cause educators and librarians, school administrators, and school boards to self-censor or suppress speech well beyond what may have been banned or prohibited. Forms of soft censorship occur when “materials are purposefully removed, limited, or never purchased at all despite it being a title that would serve a community.”

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When the topic of banning books is brought up often times the defense is that it is to protect kids from unsuitable content such as sexual content, which makes sense. The protection of children is in everyone's interest. But that quickly loses its standing when the trend of the books being banned have less to do with sexual content and more to do with race and lqbtq+ related content.

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What factors go into these nessecary bans?

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What factors go into these nessecary bans?

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What you need to know about book banning sweeping the us pg4

"Those advocating a ban complain typically that the book in question contains graphic violence, expresses disrespect for parents and family, exalts evil, lacks literary merit, or includes offensive language. Complaints that the book is written by or deals with sexual orientation or gay issues or bringing up topics like slavery that might make individuals uncomfortable."

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“The role of school libraries is to enrich the educational landscape, to create a foundation for the love of literacy,” says Phipps-Soeiro. “That can’t be done from a deficit lens. Our children come to us with their own knowledge, their own experiences, and libraries are a place to share, to build a collective knowledge together, to hear about other experiences, and to give us a broader understanding of our own cultural landscape and that of others.”

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The world we are living in is far from perfect and our children are apart of it. When children are introduced to serious uncomfortable topics it allows them to think about the world around them. Rather than shielding them from the reality in which they will grow up. Having books on these topics helps prepare them.