The Bluest Eye Book Banned

In 2015 the Frank Augustus Miller Middle School in Rancho Cucamonga California pulled a novel from its libraries after several parents complained that the book contained crude language and sexual content that was not suitable for that age group. According to the Marshall University Library this book was The Fault In Our Stars. In other schools Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye has been challenged and or banned from certain institutes many times. The novel was challenged and or banned in 2004-2009 and then again in 2012-2015. As stated by the Marshall University Library the novel The Bluest Eye was challenged or banned because of its sexual/ violent content and graphic language. Another book that was once banned was The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck in Kern County 1939. According to the web page writers of banned books week, “Steinbeck’s novel was challenged and banned because of its profanity and sexual references”. People should have the liberty to decide what is appropriate for them without having others make that decision for them. With literature such as these being snatched from school libraries all over the world, America’s teens are being deprived of the …show more content…
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