“Why would they ban a book I like??? I mean, I understand why they’re banning a book I don’t like, but why ban a book I do like??”
Casual reminder then when the US says “banned books,” they usually mean “books individual school districts have removed from their libraries, usually for middle schools, but also occasionally for high schools because parents have complained that they do not want their child to have unmonitered access to it for a variety of reasons, which usually include sex and drug use, but also sometimes just means that schools have removed it from required reading for student assignments because, while children can undertake these books on their own, there are concerns about whether or not the content is acceptable for the varying maturity levels of the class they’ve been presented to.”
I.e., America doesn’t ban books; parents interact with their schools to define what is and isn’t age appropriate for kids to have unmitigated access to, just like they should be doing in every other circumstance.
So, in honor of America being a free speech beacon to the world, here are six books actually banned and illegal for readers to get their hands on today:
The Satanic Verses (Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, Kuwait, Liberia, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand)
