Argumentative Essay: The Banning Of Books In Schools
Through out recent years, many popular books such as ‘catcher in the rye’, ‘the grapes of wrath’ and ‘to kill a mockingbird’ have been placed on the banned books list due to racial slurs. Often, the decision wether to let students have access to these book is made by the school administration or individual teachers. As I was a freshman attending high school I vividly remember our teacher assigning us to read ‘to kill a mockingbird’. It was discussed that the book contained some racial slurs that students may have not encountered before, as I glared across the classroom, it was evident that many were beginning to feel uncomfortable. Little did we all know, the book provided us excellent education. Not only did we learn the real meaning of these
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If it is not handled appropriately then in some cases it can make it worse for kids who are being bullied due to their skin color. Due to these factors, I think that books with racial slurs should be provided and available in libraries but not assigned as a mandatory reading. If a student wants the option to educate themselves through reading these books they will have the option to. But making it optional will prevent any student from feeling uncomfortable or become a victim of bullying. In closing, I believe that schools should not have the ability to ban books based on its content because it deprives kids from important lessons and goes against our countries first amendment. I can personally say that I am very thankful for my teacher to have exposed us to the book ‘to kill a mockingbird’ due to what it taught me. Unfortunately racism is still present in 2017, if kids don't learn the history behind these words through certain books they will run into them in other ways such as the media. I believe that if a child is introduced to these words through media and other means it can lead to bullying in classrooms since they don't know the true value of the word. Hopefully as the years continue to pass by, the list of banned or challenged books will continue to
If it is not handled appropriately then in some cases it can make it worse for kids who are being bullied due to their skin color. Due to these factors, I think that books with racial slurs should be provided and available in libraries but not assigned as a mandatory reading. If a student wants the option to educate themselves through reading these books they will have the option to. But making it optional will prevent any student from feeling uncomfortable or become a victim of bullying. In closing, I believe that schools should not have the ability to ban books based on its content because it deprives kids from important lessons and goes against our countries first amendment. I can personally say that I am very thankful for my teacher to have exposed us to the book ‘to kill a mockingbird’ due to what it taught me. Unfortunately racism is still present in 2017, if kids don't learn the history behind these words through certain books they will run into them in other ways such as the media. I believe that if a child is introduced to these words through media and other means it can lead to bullying in classrooms since they don't know the true value of the word. Hopefully as the years continue to pass by, the list of banned or challenged books will continue to