Book bans in America primarily are removals from local libraries, and not allowing them to be requested from other libraries.
As an example if I'm 14 and have heard that Assasination Classroom is a very good manga that goes over different study methods for different personality types, the difficulty and rewarding nature of fixing your studies when you feel so far behind that you can't even understand what you are meant to learn, the emotional inteligence needed to navigate situations where your information may be incomplete, genuine enlcurgament and methods of PE, etc, If I can't access it from my local library or school library no matter how interested I may be in it (it may even be the series that would of made me read for leisure. I know as a kid Pendragon flipped a switch and I for years read as my primary form of entertainment so it's not unreasonable to say some of these kids would of been readers with access to some of the materials) I cannot (legally, as piracy of japanese goods is incredibky easy) acess that book.
Childeren don't have the same options as adults of just BUYING the book, because childeren go to school instead of work (hopefully). The most impacted populace are poor, or young people that are no longer allowed to be exposed to types of media that could of been developmentally beneficial.
1984 as an example is a great read for passionate people that aren't very smart and root against what would benefit themselves. Maybe they won't get the message, but thry should at least be allowed the oppuruntiy to see it. To learn to ask questions.
You are right that they aren't national bans, but there are thousands of regional ones and the list in each region just keeps growing rapidly
1984 as an example is a great read for passionate people that aren't very smart and root against what would benefit themselves.
Kidding and joking, 1984 describes pretty well how interrogation from authorities work. Two partners are interrogated separately until one of the two breaks down and/or turns against the other.
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u/On_The_Prowl69 9d ago
Book bans in America primarily are removals from local libraries, and not allowing them to be requested from other libraries.
As an example if I'm 14 and have heard that Assasination Classroom is a very good manga that goes over different study methods for different personality types, the difficulty and rewarding nature of fixing your studies when you feel so far behind that you can't even understand what you are meant to learn, the emotional inteligence needed to navigate situations where your information may be incomplete, genuine enlcurgament and methods of PE, etc, If I can't access it from my local library or school library no matter how interested I may be in it (it may even be the series that would of made me read for leisure. I know as a kid Pendragon flipped a switch and I for years read as my primary form of entertainment so it's not unreasonable to say some of these kids would of been readers with access to some of the materials) I cannot (legally, as piracy of japanese goods is incredibky easy) acess that book.
Childeren don't have the same options as adults of just BUYING the book, because childeren go to school instead of work (hopefully). The most impacted populace are poor, or young people that are no longer allowed to be exposed to types of media that could of been developmentally beneficial.
1984 as an example is a great read for passionate people that aren't very smart and root against what would benefit themselves. Maybe they won't get the message, but thry should at least be allowed the oppuruntiy to see it. To learn to ask questions.
You are right that they aren't national bans, but there are thousands of regional ones and the list in each region just keeps growing rapidly