Blog #9

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There are many factors to identify when there are motivated people and organizations to challenge or ban books. Doing some research on these factors, I’ve received from the website About.com article “Banning and Censorship of Children’s Books” by Elizabeth Kennedy that , “ there is four motivating factors: Family Values, Religion, Political Views, and Minority Rights”. From my prior knowledge I agree with the first three most indefinitely, but I’m not so certain on the Minority Rights. Family Values is what you grow up with and no one family is like the other. So, Saying that not everyone is going to think the same as you do, is what America is all about. Religion is probably the most important with it is involved with your life. And if a book has a subject that totally contradicts that religion then its unacceptable. Political Views is another factor because if you are a strong Republican you wouldn’t be prone to read a book about homosexuality, but a Strong Democrat would be. They had also stated in the article that, “Most complaints are made by parents and are directed to public libraries and schools.” This statement is a very good observation with I agree to too an extent. In believing that Parents do complain to the libraries and schools, but Leadership is also a big part of the banning of books.