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I support the effort to raise awareness about books that are challenged and banned.
The banned books list is interesting, however, because books are frequently challenged not just because they are controversial, but also popular. The occult element in the Harry Potter series would easily fly under any would-be-censor's radar screen if it were not so wildly popular. As a consequence, being frequently banned has as little to do with being good as it does with being truly worthy of banning.
In other words, even though I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings or The Lord of the Flies should never be challenged or banned, I still think that they aren't very great books. High school students are regularly subjected to them far too often. Better to have them read Twain's Huckelberry Finn or Morrison's Song of Solomon.
Posted by: dende blogger | September 23, 2003 12:28 PM | Reply to this comment
Raising awareness on the issue of censorship is certainly the goal. There are certainly books on the list that are not great even applying the most charitable of standards.
Posted by: Norm | September 24, 2003 12:09 AM | Reply to this comment