“Reading a diversity of books with multiple viewpoints saves us from being stuck in an echo chamber, preparing students for difficult conversations with those they might disagree with,” writes Paul Thayer Florence, who attended school in Utah.
. Under this definition, Utah parents have argued that any book with sexual or pornographic content should be withdrawn without considering the book as a whole.
Throughout my high school years, I read a multitude of books that contained uncomfortable scenes or difficult and complex themes. Starting my freshman year, my class read “Speak” by Laurie Halse Andersen, which follows a young woman’s efforts to come to terms with being raped at a high school party. Reading a challenging book like this early on allowed us to learn how to respectfully discuss complex issues.
“Speak” led to critical and open discussions about sexual violence and toxic masculinity; while reading “Beloved” helped my class better understand the history of slavery and its negative impacts that continue today. While books like these can be uncomfortable to read in the moment, they open an avenue for critical discussion with family and classmates.
Many book banning efforts, in Utah and other states, involve reading only particular scenes or passages or, in some cases, not even reading the books at all and submitting a pre-conceived list of books that should be banned. However, as a student, I know that it is only in reading a book as a whole that a person can understand the complexities of it. Only reading certain passages or chapters can distort the message of the whole book.
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