This position holds that schools should be able to ban books. It argues that schools have a responsibility to regulate what children read — keeping out material that promotes hate speech, and shielding young students from content too mature for their age.
Supporting arguments · 2
- School books should be banned if they promote hate speechHate speech is the public speech that expresses hate or encourages violence towards a person or group based on something such as race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. School is the place for young adults to get education and should not be manipulated to be a platform to disseminate hate and violence.
- Children should not read about mature contentChildren should not be exposed to topics such as substance abuse, violence, and sex at a young age.