Banning Books In Public Schools

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Banning books is one of the oldest and most commonly practiced forms of censorship in human history. Censoring books suppresses the availability of certain books. Recently, there has been a debate about whether books in public schools and libraries should be censored or not. Books that contain LGBTQ, racism, violence, and other inappropriate topics should not be available for children to read in schools.

Parents have established moral values in their homes and want them to be upheld and respected in schools. The job parents uptake when having their children is to protect them, even when the state could be providing hidden, potentially corrupting influences. Every parent has different styles of parenting, and some may not agree with what is