Banned Books

On Friday we discussed the book we were about to start reading, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The idea that the book was only to be taught in AS classes, and was banned from all other classes came up.  it got me thinking; i wondered why it had been banned, and what other books had been banned at New trier over the schools history, and i came across this article: Banned from the bookshelf it was written about the fact that not 1 book has been banned outright from the New Trier classroom. it further explained that one of the only 2 books that were, "seriously questioned" was in fact Huck Finn. i found that the reason for its questioning, is that there may be a problem where some students might feel uncomfortable because of the issues of race brought up during the story. the article explained a lot, but i just found it strange how the main point of evidence used in this article is that the parents in our community are supposedly more educated than that of other areas, and that because of it, there is no need to ban books. i understand what the writer is getting at, but even if a person is educated, he/she can still feel uncomfortable, or offended by what is being taught to their kids.