Alice Walker is a famous civil rights activists and writer of the popular novel The Color Purple. Growing up during the era of segregation, Alice Walker portrayed a deeper view of the history of segregation in Georgia and individual experiences into all of her books and poems. Many have questioned the appropriateness of the usage of racism and sexism within her works like The Color Purple, as well as, her poems. This sparked an outrage in many libraries and schools in several states. Alice Walker’s works convey a realistic view of society in the 1950’s, therefore, it should not be banned from schools and libraries.
To begin with, banning Walker’s works eliminates the preservation of important historical information. Alice Walker uses accurate …show more content…
The exposure of sexual elements and offensiveness to genders and race can negatively affect the student. “removed or banned from at least five school libraries across the in a high school honors class to the work’s “sexual and social explicitness” .Though it remains unclear what “social explicitness” actually means, these and other so-called “troubling ideas” certainly seem to warrant a healthy dose of censorship” (Politics and Prose). The debate still continues to fluster the minds of educators. This can also cause a majoring conflict between parents that do not want their child to become exposed to such explicit images. “Profanity and racial slurs are the number one reason why books are banned in American public schools. In many cases, the language used in these books was a sign of the times” (Concordia University). Though, the book should be given to the upper classmen in high school. Today, every student had many infelicitous materials revealed to them through the use of the internet and social media, which some parents are not aware of. There is also an option to remove or substitute the inappropriate scenes or words. Not to mention, the book can be placed in the adult section of the library to avoid the youth from getting the books. There is a plethora of ways to solve the issue. Walker’s poems, “Be Nobody’s” and “Torture” shows no sign of profanity, and shouldn’t be considered to be banned with The Color
To begin with, banning Walker’s works eliminates the preservation of important historical information. Alice Walker uses accurate …show more content…
The exposure of sexual elements and offensiveness to genders and race can negatively affect the student. “removed or banned from at least five school libraries across the in a high school honors class to the work’s “sexual and social explicitness” .Though it remains unclear what “social explicitness” actually means, these and other so-called “troubling ideas” certainly seem to warrant a healthy dose of censorship” (Politics and Prose). The debate still continues to fluster the minds of educators. This can also cause a majoring conflict between parents that do not want their child to become exposed to such explicit images. “Profanity and racial slurs are the number one reason why books are banned in American public schools. In many cases, the language used in these books was a sign of the times” (Concordia University). Though, the book should be given to the upper classmen in high school. Today, every student had many infelicitous materials revealed to them through the use of the internet and social media, which some parents are not aware of. There is also an option to remove or substitute the inappropriate scenes or words. Not to mention, the book can be placed in the adult section of the library to avoid the youth from getting the books. There is a plethora of ways to solve the issue. Walker’s poems, “Be Nobody’s” and “Torture” shows no sign of profanity, and shouldn’t be considered to be banned with The Color