I think this has changed and for the better. Yes, by openly opposing a system America runs on, you are subjecting yourself to criticism, and a tainted view of your person, however in one of the readings, there was a line where it said teachers are advocates, and while I disagree with advocacy being applied automatically to the label of teacher, I think teachers should try to be advocates, not only for themselves, but the students and the content they are learning.

I am curious about the idea that as generations pass and ideologies change, if the banned book list will see a shift in reasoning. I think undoubtedly it has to, for example, 40 years ago a book may have been banned due to having tones of homosexuality or transgender people, but now, or maybe in the near future, I could see books being banned for having themes of homophobia or transphobia. This is a very base line example, and I think if we look at the list of banned books and the culture of the time, we will be able to find out a lot of what was considered right and wrong in those time periods.

I wonder how true this argument holds to other (especially those less common in America) religions, and if in the modern age of literature if banning would still be based on religion or if they have moved away from that.