What’s key, is that we don’t try to take our words and opinions for ourselves and make them into actions for everyone else.
My talking angela 2021 free#
If you are fortunate enough to live in a free country, then you have the ability to commend or complain about any books you like or don’t like and so does the person sitting next to you. It’s important to recognize that people have the right to have all sorts of thoughts and feelings about literature. How do we show our concerns without undermining the freedoms of everyone around us?
There is a deep responsibility in how we practice these rights, and being mindful of why conflicting opinions can occur, could potentially save us from undue stress and conflict. However, that doesn’t mean that everyone agrees on how this plays out.
The freedom to speak, read, and publish on topics of our choosing, is a deeply engrained value many of us cherish and protect. When a book offends, what’s a library or publisher supposed to do? Do they keep it on the shelves, risking the distress and wrath of some patrons? Or do they remove it, raising serious concerns about intellectual freedom and censorship?Īs Hillel Italie, associated press, recently wrote “Accounts of book bannings and attempted book bannings, along with threats against librarians, have soared over the past year and the ALA has included some numbers in its annual State of America’s Libraries Report… The association found 729 challenges - affecting nearly 1,600 books - at public schools and libraries in 2021, more than double 2020’s figures and the highest since the ALA began compiling challenges more than 20 years ago.” ( PBS Newshour, April 4 th 2022)
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