5/12/2023 0 Comments The color purple book authorBut it was the children Sykes cited when describing who needed shielding from this book: “Trash in, trash out,” she said of The Color Purple, which she admitted she had never actually read: “To me, we should have standards for our kids.” Sykes who this “we” might be, or if anyone thought to question the relevance of Paula Deen’s use of slurs to the issue of what literature is appropriate for children. Its racial and sexual content was at the heart of the complaints, and Sykes was quoted writing in her challenge: “In this day were we are being sued for using or saying the N word. In 2013, North Carolina’s Brunswick County Commissioner Pat Sykes, along with a handful of parents and teachers, made it their goal to remove Alice Walker’s The Color Purple from the local schools. This is our way of taking part in the American Library Association’s annual Banned Books Week, which brings together the entire book community in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular. 2023 PEN America Literary Awards CeremonyĮvery year, PEN America asks PEN Members and supporters-writers and editors of all backgrounds and genres-to celebrate the freedom to read by reflecting on the banned books that matter most to them.
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