Book bans: who gets to decide what we can or can't read? | 5 Things
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- Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
- The conversation about book bans in schools has hit a fever pitch, and there are worries that the same pressures to ban books are now spreading to public libraries too.
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The conversation about book bans in schools has hit a fever pitch, and there are worries that the same pressures to ban books are now spreading to public libraries too. Book bans often come from parent or community complaints. But who actually has the power to restrict books? To get to the heart of one of America’s growing culture wars, Nadine Farid Johnson, the Managing Director of PEN America Washington and Free Expressions Programs, joins the 5 Things podcast to describe what's at stake in this fight.
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Censorship is unAmerican. If you don’t want your child to read a topic or a particular book, then don’t let them. But stop trying to ban books for everyone. That is abuse of freedom of speech.
No one person has the right to ban books for everyone; ban them for yourself, your family, and leave the rest of us alone!
Cancellation of any books should be prohibited.
It's is the beginning of dictatorship and annihilation of any proper debate on history, mistakes that could be avoided but most importantly general knowledge.
Nobody gets to tell anyone what they can read. I'll read what i want.
Book bans: who gets to decide what we can or can't read? | 5 Things2310pm. can anyone name a book they'd wanna ban which you have enjoyed? Gargantua and pantagruel...(?).
Access to porn is banned for children. She saying children who have been molested may want to share an experience they have shared in the books they are reading and it should be available to everyone? Books for children provide illustrations.
You can read anything you want. Kids should be directed by their parents without interference. How hard is that? Not very.
"The Bible Belt" is Ground Zero for book banning!
Is it for adults or children should be the only ban.
Age restrictions, not bans.
I don't believe in culture wars
i thought Americans had freedom. Clearly not
It appears American parents aren’t allowed the freedom to have a say in their child’s school education.
Fahrenheit 451
We do! The parents!
yea but no-one should have the right to ban any book from a library
@@AlainnCorcaighso Penthouse, Playboy and Hustler should be available in elementary schools? Any schools?
@@ltdc426You are being overly hyperbolic which is counterproductive to this discussion. Teenagers can find porn on the internet.
@@Missy-Missy1111 so no limitations? Alcohol? Drugs? Guns? (Well they should be teaching safe gun use in school right after drivers Ed) If anything can be accessed on the internet why are you worried about restricting some materials in schools? Why are you scared of parental involvement in school teachings?
What are you afraid your kids are missing?
@@ltdc426 it's called the 1st Amendment
who paid the subscription (benefits). I mean must of philosophy(religions) are man made.
Groomers gonna groom.