Parents want book called 'Bluest Eye'banned

Has anyone read this book and what you do think of it? I just saw this on the news and I had not heard of the book until now.
 
I don't believe in banning books from the public in general, but I do believe in limiting books in school libraries and especially limiting books on the "suggested reading list" when it comes to graphic sex. Note the emphasis on graphic sex. I don't believe anything should be banned based on religion, ethnicity, culture, general sexuality, etc... but parents should be able to make the choice whether or not their underaged child is allowed to read books with graphic, explicit sex scenes--even if it is a description of abuse that is later condemned. If the kids really want to read it, they can get it at the public library. I had to teach "Brave New World" last year and the scenes where the characters have religious orgies were REALLY uncomfortable to do with a bunch of fifteen year old hormone buckets--and they aren't even very explicit.
 
Banning and taking off from a required reading list are two different things.

Sexually explicit books don't need to be on reading lists for minor students. They can read all they want to when they turn 18 and make that choice.
 
I agree that it shouldn't be on the required reading list, but I don't agree with straight up banning it
 
Then it looks like the public schools will be having to be sending the parents a list of books to pick from that they feel OK having their kids read and there will still be parents not happy with book that get the most votes.
My granddaughter is in third grade and had to read a book about homeless girl over the summer and there where parents upset about the topic of the story. The booked was called 'How to steal a dog '. I really think there is no needs to ban books . I wonder who decides which books a class should be require to read in a public school.
 
Soooo, what about this series called 50 shades of grey that has been circulating and top gossip lately? Guess that doesnt count?
 
sonocativo said:
Soooo, what about this series called 50 shades of grey that has been circulating and top gossip lately? Guess that doesnt count?
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'to kill mocking bird'was banned book but I think 50shades no make it to school,on other hand might help illerate learn how read quick
 
sonocativo said:
Soooo, what about this series called 50 shades of grey that has been circulating and top gossip lately? Guess that doesnt count?
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Is this on list of books required to read in high school too?

'Catcher In The Rye ' was on the banned in schools . My daughter had to read 'Of Men and Mice' in high school and it had some sexual overtones in it.
I told my daughter she should read b/c it will requires reading . I guess some parents want to lock their kids in their room until they're 30 yo.
 
like^ never read 'catcher in the rye'i was put off it after john lennon died
 
In school I read To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, and Catcher in the Rye. The first two were good reading. The third one, I don't even remember; I guess it didn't impress me.

We also read David Copperfield, Grapes of Wrath, Childhood's End and Jane Eyre. We read lots of short stories, too.
 
Reba said:
In school I read To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, and Catcher in the Rye. The first two were good reading. The third one, I don't even remember; I guess it didn't impress me.

We also read David Copperfield, Grapes of Wrath, Childhood's End and Jane Eyre. We read lots of short stories, too.
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B/c of my crappy education and being in the reject class I never had to read those book so I read them all on my own at home . John Steinbeck was one of my favorite authors as a teenager and I read about all of this books.
'The Jungle' by Upton Sinclair impressed me a lot . I stopped eating meat after I read it. When I was in college my English literature professor asked the class if anyone read 'The Jungle' and I was surprised I was the only one that read it.
 
whatdidyousay! said:
. I wonder who decides which books a class should be require to read in a public school.
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I wonder that, too, and I work in one. Feels a little bit Big Brother, doesn't it? This is information I really, honestly want to know. I kind of feel like emailing my superintendent. Aw man, now you got me in spy mode!
 
Puck said:
I wonder that, too, and I work in one. Feels a little bit Big Brother, doesn't it? This is information I really, honestly want to know. I kind of feel like emailing my superintendent. Aw man, now you got me in spy mode!
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If parents are not happy with the books their kids are required to read in school they needs to be more proactive and not sit back and whine about it.

The book 'Tropic of Cancer' was banned in the a boarding school I went to in Maine and girls brought the book b/c they wanted to know why it was banned . Banning books will only get kids more curious about it and they will want to read. So I feel it it's best to let kids read the book in school so they can talk with the class and teacher .
 
The book 'Tropic of Cancer' was banned in the a boarding school I went to in Maine and girls brought the book b/c they wanted to know why it was banned . Banning books will only get kids more curious about it and they will want to read. So I feel it it's best to let kids read the book in school so they can talk with the class and teacher .[/QUOTE]

I agree about the curiosity of the students, tell them they can't do something, such as a banned book and they are bound to do it anyway. Maybe banning is a good idea:lol:.

Whatdidyousay, can I ask where you went to boarding school in Maine, I'm just curious? Don't have to answer.

Annie
 
we had to do one American writer 'I did Street car called desire'Study book with intensity it became hard going so watched Marlon brando film version.Katherin Mansfield short stories(grum know about her)Mid summernight dream,orthelo Macbeth,ted hughes and Philip larkin poetry,middle English was 'Millers story.
everyone full of sex
 
I was in high school and the class was partnered up and we had to lead the class discussion that day for an hour on our poem. The poem I got was entirely about sex. It was stupid and cliche, it had trains going through tunnels for god's sake. We were 16 and more than capable of discussing the poem for what it was. We had other books that were more explicit on sexual topics that we were also able to discuss and it didn't influence any of us to go out porking the nearest thing that moved.

I think that in the US we're entirely overprotective of sex in general with our kids. The age group that that book was being discussed has generally already encountered sexually explicit things, either in movies or internet porn or actual physical sex. I do not think it's too much to discuss a book like that in a junior or senior high school class. I just went and read that article and I can't agree more with it.
 
Those books that have been banned have the crappiest reasons. Books banned for religious viewpoint? How else are you supposed to explore your world and enrich your mind if you're not exposed to other religions? They should have banned Twilight and Fifty Shades of Grey for crappy writing, not for the reasons given.
 
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