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To: koan who wrote (46560)	6/21/2013 2:23:07 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 85487

what are the teachers doing about banning books like HuckleBerry Finn ? or books written by Rush, Bill O'Reilly 1. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, 1884 The first ban of Mark Twain’s American classic occurred in Concord, MA in 1885. Twain’s book is one of the most-challenged of all time and is frequently challenged today because of its “racial insensitivity,” and because it “perpetuates racism.” Other books with similar challenges based on racial issues include Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell, 1936), and Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1852). 4. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury, 1953 According to Banned Books Week, rather than ban the book about book-banning outright, Venado Middle school in Irvine, Calif. used an expurgated version of the text in which all the “hells” and “damns” were blacked out. Other complaints have said the book went against many religious beliefs.