Why This Is So Very, Very Wrong
“I am a parent myself,” wrote Khaled Hosseini, author of the much-banned novel The Kite Runner. “I understand the parental impulse to safeguard our children from harm. But banning books like The Kite Runner doesn’t ‘protect’ students at all. It betrays them. It robs them of the chance that we as parents and instructors owe them, the chance to broaden their human community, to let them walk the world in another’s shoes for a while, to foster empathy for others, to be challenged by the experience and perhaps take a small step toward becoming fuller, richer versions of themselves.”
TAKE ACTION!
ATTEND BANNED BOOKS WEEK EVENTS IN MARIN SEPT 22-28, 2024.
VOLUNTEER WITH US in Marin County, California, or START YOUR OWN Banned Books Week activities wherever you are. Our GUIDELINES and FREE PROMO MATERIALS make it easy.
ALSO: READ THE BOOKS THEY'RE BANNING. SEE THE BANNED BOOK LIST.
AND ABOVE ALL: VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
WORRIED YET? YOU SHOULD BE.
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