Cleaned out my old high school locker and found a book list from 2005

Honestly, I was just tossing old junk, but I found a folded paper with the ten books we were told not to read for a project. Tbh, I counted them up and eight of those titles are now on the American Library Association's most challenged list. It hit me that the stuff they tried to hide from us back then is exactly what people are fighting to keep on shelves now. Has anyone else had a moment like that, where you see how the 'dangerous' books from your past are still the main targets?

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ryan7193mo ago

Yeah, it's wild how that list never really changes. I kept my old list and use it as a reading guide now, which honestly feels like the best comeback. They just keep trying to ban the same stories that actually make kids think.

emeryfox1mo agoMost Upvoted

Not sure it's really that deep, you know? Like yeah, it's annoying when people try to ban books, but turning it into some big rebellion feels a little dramatic. Most kids I know just read whatever they find on their phones anyway (TikTok book recs and all that). The lists are predictable because the same old complaints keep getting recycled, but it's not like anyone's actually stopping kids from picking up a copy of "The Catcher in the Rye" at a library. Honestly, I think the whole thing gets blown out of proportion by people who want to feel like they're fighting some big censorship war. Half the time the school boards just cave after a few angry parents move on to the next thing.

rodriguez.jordan3mo ago

Turn those bans into a school reading challenge.