# Is There A Way To Find Out Which Books Have Been Banned In My Community

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 26, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-out-which-books-have-been-banned-in-my-community/972256 "2022-09-26T13:18:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-out-which-books-have-been-banned-in-my-community/972256/21 "2022-09-27T20:07:13Z")

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> [@Sam\_Stone](#):
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> And of course _The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn_ and _Tom Sawyer_ have been attacked from the left and removed from many school libraries because of the ‘N’ word and racial depictions.

Jim is a somewhat heroic protagonist, is he not?

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-out-which-books-have-been-banned-in-my-community/972256/22 "2022-09-27T20:50:19Z")

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Yeah, and I remember that coming up in debates at the time. But the repeated reference to 'N… Jim" was just too much for many people. Also, I think some complained that he was a stereotype.

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**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-find-out-which-books-have-been-banned-in-my-community/972256/23 "2022-09-27T21:18:12Z")

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As it turns out, I leanred from @Banksiaman 's link that my district has pulled exactly zero books from its libraries. Color me pleasantly surprised. Nixa (a Springfield suburb/home of Jason Bourne) seems to have gone ham on banning books, however.

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