You’re Not Allowed to Read That Text!

July 19, 2005 by

The Ideas section for this week’s Inbox ties to several censorship stories in the news. A little quote from the intro to the section:

Censorship is in the news this week — from the accusation of “absolute vile and gratuitous sexual premises” in the books targeted in the Fayetteville, Arkansas, high school library to a profane word in the title of a poem in a Seattle, Washington, high school literary magazine. In situations like these, the true issue is the power of language and the control over who is allowed to use it.


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