{"id":35723,"date":"2023-10-16T11:33:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T15:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=35723"},"modified":"2023-11-09T18:25:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T23:25:03","slug":"why-you-should-care-about-book-banning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/why-you-should-care-about-book-banning\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Care About Book Banning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, author Salman Rushdie was stabbed ten times on stage while giving a public lecture in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? Because he wrote a book titled <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/12781.The_Satanic_Verses\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Satanic Verses<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in 1989, which was accused of being blasphemous, leading to various banning&#8217;s and spiraled into a death sentence being called against Rushdie in Iran.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He survived the attack, but was left blind in one eye and has permanent damage on his left hand.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ironic part is that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Satanic Verses <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is not about satanism. It is supposed to be about identity, cultural history and the immigrant experience. The title is derived from a period of <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/nes.princeton.edu\/publications\/orthodoxy-satanic-verses-early-islam\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pre-Islamic<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> history that is referred to in the Quran.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is sad that because of close mindedness, a book that was meant to symbolize the author\u2019s experience through historical and religious allegories, has been brutally condemned and vilified to the point of violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is the level we have reached in literary censorship. According to the<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/books-bans-american-library-association-42b34a284a6363439de20bbb65bb43b4\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Associated Press<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">American Library Association has tracked 695 challenges to ban books in libraries in the first eight months of 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Florida has become a leader in book banning with <\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/report\/book-bans-pressure-to-censor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1,406<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recorded book ban cases this year. This increase in banning primarily stems from Governor Ron DeSantis\u2019 \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d and \u201cStop WOKE\u201d acts, as well as conservative groups such as \u201cMoms For Liberty&#8221; and \u201cNo Left Turn\u201d that have been pushing for the banning of\u00a0 books centered around race, sexuality, gender and LGBTQ+ topics, as they consider it \u201cgrooming.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the most public challenges include <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anne Frank\u2019s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for accused pornography<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hill We Climb <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after a complaint that it was indoctrinating students. Poet Amanda Gorman has joined with PEN America and Penguin Random House in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pen.org\/press-release\/pen-america-files-lawsuit-against-florida-school-district-over-unconstitutional-book-bans\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">a lawsuit<\/span> <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">against the Escambia County School District and School Board to return the books the county banned back into school libraries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is terrifying how quick our society bans or restricts books, considering we are a country that claims to value freedom of speech. Reading books that challenge you, that force you to confront harsh topics and present a different perspective is essential to education.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Libraries and schools are supposed to be an accessible source of free literature and we must protect them. If we tolerate book banning now, it will escalate into something more sinister.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a reason why infamously oppressive regimes such as Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia were against access to books. Because banning books silences us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to ensure a free and democratic society, intellectual freedom and free speech must be protected. You don\u2019t have to like every book, but you deserve to have access to it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, author Salman Rushdie was stabbed ten times on stage while giving a public lecture in New York. Why? 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