![]() ![]() Most of the books on the 2020 list - the most recent available - are challenged, banned or restricted due to alleged "LGBTQIA+ content," "anti-police messages," themes of race, "divisive language" and "sexually explicit language," according to the ALA. "Beloved" by Toni Morrison is not the only book that has been challenged in some communities as the debate over education again heats up. ![]() It is not the only book of Morrison's, a Black woman, to be challenged in some communities - and as the debate over education again heats up, books have become a flashpoint around the U.S.Ī wide variety of books have been challenged or banned for a wide variety of reasons, according to the American Library Association, which keeps a running list of the most challenged books in libraries and schools. ![]() Last month, Glenn Youngkin, Virginia's Republican governor-elect, targeted Toni Morrison's "Beloved" in a campaign ad that featured a parent upset that the 1987 novel was taught to her son when he was a high school senior. ![]()
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