The American Library Association said that this year there have been more challenges to books than they have seen since they started tracking banned books in 2000. | via NPR
Book banning is not new — in the U.S. alone the practice goes back to Puritan times, when Thomas Morton's bookBut the American Library Association said Monday that this year there have been more challenges to books than they have seen since they started tracking it in 2000.
In a press release, ALA President Patricia Wong said:"We support individual parents' choices concerning their child's reading and believe that parents should not have those choices dictated by others. Young people need to have access to a variety of books from which they can learn about different perspectives."
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