Censorship Should Be Banned Essay

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Censorship is the practice of concealing parts of a book, movie, show, or any other form of media. Media can be censored in many ways; one of these is to block out the offensive sections of the content. This is generally done when the content of said media is not considered overall offensive or inappropriate but has derogatory and/or blasphemous language. Another way Media can be censored is to have it banned completely. For a book to be banned, it must first be challenged. According the American Library Association, a challenge “is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group.” The question over censorship has been debated for years: Should we be allowed to ban Medias we deem unfit and/or inappropriate from our children?
It has been assumed for decades that the media’s effect is most influential on subordinate groups such as children, women, poor minorities, and immigrants (generally the lower class) who are mentally less …show more content…

scholarly literature argument is still going on today. For example, the Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey has been challenged many times since its first debut in 1997. According to the ALA, this series was banned in some schools due to “insensitivity and being unsuited to age group, as well as encouraging children to disobey authority.” So if the belief that children’s books shouldn’t be for the imagination but for intellect has lasted for centuries, does this mean we should ban children from books that we consider to be for entertainment and not scholarly advancement? Given that fiction is something still being written today, and growing in popularity as shown by the massive fan bases of young adult novels such as the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyers or the Harry Potter series by JK Rowling, I don’t believe the banning of imaginative literature is going to happen anytime soon. But should it? The question is something school authorities still struggle

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