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The Undefeated

Author

Kwame Alexander

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The Undefeated was banned in August 2021 in the Central York school district located in Pennsylvania.

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Background

The Conscious Kid

Non-profit organization

Focuses - Equity, promoting racial development

Who challenged this book?

Parents / Grandparents

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Students asking questions about certain subjects

Environment

Race

Immigration

Bullying

Historical Figures with diverse backgrounds

Further reason...

Teachers not being able to provide resources

Teachers struggling to have conversations to address topics

Teachers struggling to assist students with their concerns

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The immediate response was an act of protest by the students because, along with the Undefeated, hundreds of other books were also challenged. Which by the end, the undefeated was fully banned.

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https://www.marshall.edu/library/bannedbooks/undefeated/

https://substack.com/home/post/p-151612188?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web#:~:text=Banning%20books%20isn't%20just,to%20suit%20those%20in%20power.

https://study.com/academy/lesson/totalitarianism-in-1984.html

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The Price of Silence: What We Lose When Books Are Banned

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How does this case relate to the themes of censorship and control in 1984?

Asking questions - Questions are unawnserable or answered wrongfully

Limiting knowledge of the past - Historical Figures

1984 - Shows the dangers of limiting information to the public

What would the Party (1984) think about this book? Would they approve of banning it? Why or why not?

Thoughts -

Good, if they could change it to favor the Party

"Who controls the past controls the future"

"Power is in tearing human minds to pieces an putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing"

Approval of banning?

Yes

Reason for being written - Inauguration of President Obama

Historical figures - Olympics, rights, etc.

Why approve of banning?

Difies the Party - Proves that there was a time before the Party, doublethink, etc. When there was freedom

People read this book - There would be rebellion/resistance - People would overthrow The Party, and the Party no longer has control