As the efforts to ban books in schools escalated across the US last year, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked which books were targeted in libraries, schools and universities.
As the efforts to ban books in schools escalated across the United States last year, the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom tracked which books were targeted in libraries, schools and universities. On Monday, the ALA released its list of the most challenged titles.The majority of books were called inappropriate because some people considered them to be sexually explicit, have sexually explicit images or include sexual references.
So, despite this organized effort to ban books, libraries remain ready to do what we always have: make knowledge and ideas available so people are free to choose what to read," Wong said in a statement.Criticism switched from racial justice to gender identityParents went from taking issue with books that mostly dealt with racism and racial justice in 2020 to a greater focus on books that discuss gender identity and sexual orientation.
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