Book Banning
The American Association of School Administrators and the American Library Association define censorship as: “The removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic, or educational materials – of images, ideas, and information – on the grounds that these are morally or otherwise objectionable in light of standards applied by the censor.” This essay discusses why Public Libraries should ban books, Public libraries should ban books because it could improperly influence people and it allows inappropriate material to be available to young minds, and people of certain religions could find it offensive
First of all, Public libraries should ban books because they could be age inappropriate. As stated in the article “Common Reasons for Banning Books”, “These books have been banned or censored due to their content and the age level at which they are aimed. In some cases children’s books are viewed to have ‘inappropriate’ themes for the age level at which they are written for.” Some books just meant for children of young age because of simply inappropriate material like violence, curse words, or sexual situations…show more content… As stated in the article “Common Reasons for Banning Books”, “Books have been banned or censored due to an unpopular religious views or opinions in the content of the book. This is most commonly related to satanic or witchcraft themes found in the book. Although, many books have also been banned or censored for any religious views in general that might not coincide with the public.” For example, books could have blasphemous dialogue, which is when the author of the book uses words such as “God” or “Jesus” as profanity. This could also include any use of profanity or swear words within the text that any reader might find
