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Monday there were over 700 challenges to materials in 2021, the most the organization has seen since it began compiling data 20 years ago, most of which targeted Black or LGBTQ authors or subjects.... [+]
books that have been the subject of complaints from parents in recent weeks on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City.The ALA said its Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked 729 challenges, which can contain more than one book title, against materials in libraries, schools and universities that resulted in 1,597 book challenges or removals, an “unprecedented number of attempts to ban books,” the organization said in a statement.
by Angie Thomas, for profanity, violence, and because it was thought to promote an anti-police message and indoctrination of a social agenda.by Sherman Alexie, for profanity, sexual references and use of a derogatory term.by Jesse Andrews, because it was considered sexually explicit and degrading to women.by Toni Morrison, because it depicts child sexual abuse and was considered sexually explicit.by Susan Kuklin, for LGBTQ content and it was considered to be sexually explicit.
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