Florida Mom Wants YA LibraryBooks Labeled, Segregated
This article from the School Library Journal talks about labeling books, especially in school libraries, to warn students when books may have inappropriate content. She isn't asking for the books to be banned. She is asking for them to be labeled according to their content.
What do you think? Is it appropriate? Is this a form of censorship? Would you support this in your library? Do you think it would work?
Yes, it's censorship. Someone would have to make a subjective decision as to the content of each book. What's offensive/explicit to one person, won't necessarily be offensive/explicit to another. It's the parents' job to research what content is appropriate for their child, not the library.
ReplyDeleteI am so impressed by the information provided. I support your cause one hundred percent. We had an incident at our high school and my daughter stood up against banning a number of books from there curriculum. The children won in the end and my daughter and I decided to read all the books. The school was way out of line. I'm happy we were able to help in rounding out the appreciation of all literature.
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