“Some 500 titles are challenged annually, amounting to more than 10,000 cases since 1990” (Family Circle). Some adults feel that the “inappropriate books” will somehow shape the way a child will live by giving him/her ideas and they try to restrict the book from the school. Author Grace Chen explains the reason certain books are assigned for reading that parents have tried to ban, “Each text is chosen for a specific grade and age group; therefore, the books serve as a scaffold to slowly guide students to build upon more complicated ideas and realities” (Chen). Yes, censorship prevents children from being exposed to inappropriate content at school, but they won 't be sheltered forever. Kids get older and are exposed to many inappropriate things, so book censorship would be …show more content…
Not all people connect with the art or even see it in an appreciative way. Some art is religiously offensive, racially offensive, has too much nudity, or just makes a person uncomfortable. Censoring the art intrudes on the rights of the artist and the freedom of expression. Things in an art piece that offend someone could speak to another person and inspire them. Most art that gets challenged is a little out of the ordinary and something that is unpopular and it addresses issues that could be controversial. “Art that doesn 't confront is rarely challenged. And ideas that don 't provoke people have little need for protection” (Dority). An example that supports this statement is Andres Serrano 's art piece, "Piss Christ", which is a plastic crucifix dipped in a cup of Andres’s urine. Some people were outraged and religiously offended and others gave it a positive reaction (Frank). Everyone feels a different way about an art piece and if they raise an issue about it, they’re going to be violating the artist’s freedom of