Celebrate the freedom to read! It's Banned Books Week, join the virtual read-out! How many of 2010's most frequently challenged and banned books have you read?
From the Office for Intellectual Freedom:
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And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson
Reasons: homosexuality, religious viewpoint, and unsuited to age group -
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: offensive language, racism, sex education, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and violence -
Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
Reasons: insensitivity, offensive language, racism, and sexually explicit -
Crank, by Ellen Hopkins
Reasons: drugs, offensive language, and sexually explicit -
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and violence -
Lush, by Natasha Friend
Reasons: drugs, offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group -
What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
Reasons: sexism, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group -
Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich
Reasons: drugs, inaccurate, offensive language, political viewpoint, and religious viewpoint -
Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie
Reasons: homosexuality and sexually explicit -
Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
Reasons: religious viewpoint and violence
JOIN THE VIRTUAL READ-OUT! Visit the Banned Books Site and submit your video of a banned book reading to be posted on YouTube. Need a camera? Check one out at the Green Library Circulation Desk!
1 comment:
What do you think is your great achievement by showcasing these books?
I mean, why would any serious person want to read books that have offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, drugs, violence?
Is this the kinds of books we should have our kids read? Is this the culture we want them to have? Is this the stuff a college student would enjoy reading?
When people come to study here from abroad, is this the image you want to portray of FIU? "Oh, I saw an exhibit at the library, they had sexually explicit books full of drugs and violence!"
Then we wonder why the world is full of immorality, violence, disrespect, lack of values.
So you think this is how you uphold our freedom of expression? What comes next, pornography exhibits?
Don't come tell us that freedom of expression is to be able to read any garbage that is published. Freedom of expression, one of the greatest values of our beautiful Nation, is to be able to speak freely and respectfully, upholding our views, without fear of repression. That's what a responsible library should show.
Instead of wasting student funds and ridiculously inviting us to read this garbage, showcase examples of true American democracy and compare it to the writings of other countries where there's no freedom of speech or expression, as well as the witness of those who have suffered and even died just because they wanted to be able to think.
I invite all fellow students and faculty members not to attend this absurd event. We deserve better. Much better.
God bless America.
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