Allow Us to Explain - Book Bans

As schools around the country get ready to reopen, we're going to focus on a subject impacting a number of classrooms and education curricula. Today we are joined by our Governance Team lead, Devan, social issues intern, Natia, and middle school English teacher, Ashley. We talk about the history of book bans, banned content, what is considered censorship, and much more. Works Cited: Teichner, Martha. "War of Words: The Fight over Banning Books." CBS News, 23 Apr. 2023, www.cbsnews.com/news/war-of-words-the-fight-over-banning-books/. Brownstein, Ronald. "The Book-Bans Debate Has Finally Reached a Turning Point." The Atlantic, 10 May 2023, www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/05/gop-book-bans-democrats-state-legislation/674003/. Ulin, David L. "Op-Ed: Why Inappropriate Books Are the Best Kind." Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2022, www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-07-19/books-ban-pen-america-censorship. Burchett, Brittany P. "What Makes a Book 'Dirty'?: Defining 'Sexually Explicit' Content in Books Banned for Teens." University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2017. Hudson Jr., David L., Minarcini v. Strongsville City School District (6th Circuit) (1976), The First Amendment Encyclopedia, Middle Tennessee State University, https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/1539/minarcini-v-strongsville-city-school-district-6th-circuit "Pro and Con: Banned Books." Encyclopædia Britannica, 19 Sept. 2022, www.britannica.com/story/pro-and-con-banned-books. Regoli, Natalie. "16 Major Pros and Cons of Banning Books in Schools." ConnectUS, 21 Aug. 2019, connectusfund.org/16-major-pros-and-cons-of-banning-books-in-schools#:~:text=Parents want the chance to,potential advantage of banning books. DiMarco, Scott R. "Why I Banned a Book: How Censorship Can Impact a Learning Community." College & Research Libraries News, vol. 74, no. 7, 2013, https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.74.7.8980.