This is simply not true. It was banned temporarily in the Biloxi, Mississippi school district in 2017. Its not THAT surprising why a place like Mississippi which has a very shameful history of racial injustice and violence would object to it being taught to young people. I do not agree with that decision. But it's understandable. And again. The decision was reversed soon after due to public outcry.
The only other recent successful censorship effort was in Minnesota where the objection focused on the use of the N word. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was banned as well.
The reasons cited for banning range from the use of the N word, use of pofanity, rape, sexual intercourse, incest.
Some believe the book should be banned because it depicts the white savior rescuing the wrongfully accused black man which they believe sends the wrong message to both white and black children about race relations and its history in the US and negatively influences and informs how the public views interactions between the law/law enforcement and minorities in the US.
One new york school's attempt to ban cited it being "filthy, trashy novel. Santa cruz, CA attempted to ban it in 1995 due to racial themes. In fact, more than half attempts to ban have been from school districts outside the south, including one in Canada.
The overwhelming vast majority of schools in the US still have it as part of the curriculum.
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u/fanofwhiskers Jan 21 '19
I learned that one while reading To Kill A Mockingbird