{"id":6290,"date":"2020-11-09T11:59:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T16:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/?page_id=6290"},"modified":"2025-08-11T10:45:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T14:45:09","slug":"brave-new-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/brave-new-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned Books 2025 &#8211; Brave New World"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"marsha-row mt-4 mb-4 flex flex-wrap -mx-2 lg:-mx-6  justify-start border-0 border-gray-100 first:mt-0\">\n\t\n<p><!-- *  START LEFT COLUMN  *--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-3\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<h2>Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a id=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2025\/author\/\">2025 Author<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/bannedbooks-2025\/title\/\">2025 Title<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/bannedbooks\/\">Banned Books Home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><hr \/><\/p>\n<h2>Cover<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/files\/2020\/11\/bravenewworld.jpg\" alt=\"brave new world cover\" width=\"1400\" height=\"2003\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2679\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mulibiiidb.marshall.edu\/record=b1974385~S12\">Held at Marshall University (Drinko &#8211;  PR6015.U9 B65 2013).<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- *** ** END LEFT COLUMN ** ***-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p><p><!-- *** ** START RIGHT COLUMN ** **--><div class=\"columns w-full lg:w-9\/12  lg:px-6    mt-6\">\n<div class=\"\">\n\n<p><strong>Marshall University does not ban books!  The information is provided to let people know what has been banned\/challenged elsewhere.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>2025<\/h2>\n<p>On August 12, 2024, the board of the Elizabeth School District (CO) announced they were removing 19 titles from school libraries \u201cfor review\u201d and requiring parental permission for 110 others. The board cited concerns over the religious views expressed; LGBTQIA+ content; and depictions of drug use, sex, and violence in the books. <strong>Nineteen Minutes<\/strong> was one of the titles removed. Titles requiring parental permission included <strong>1984<\/strong>, <strong>Fahrenheit 451<\/strong>, <strong>Brave New World<\/strong>, and <strong>Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl<\/strong>. On March 19, 2025, a federal judge ordered the district to restore access to all 129 titles and prohibited further censorship of library books \u201cbecause the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>2015<\/h2>\n<p>Banned in an Advanced Placement language composition class at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes (DE). Two school board members contend that while the book has long been a staple in high school classrooms, students can now grasp the sexual and drug-related references through a quick Internet search.<\/p>\n<h2>2012<\/h2>\n<p>Banned or challenged for insensitivity, nudity, racism, religious viewpoint, and being sexually explicit.<\/p>\n<h2>2011<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged at North County High School in Glen Burnie (MD) by a small group of parents who circulated a petition to have the book removed from use by county schools over concerns about explicit sexual content. Retained on the list of approved materials that Seattle (WA) high school teachers may use in their language arts curriculum. A parent had complained that the book has a &#8220;high volume of racially offensive derogatory language and misinformation on Native Americans. In addition to the inaccurate imagery, and stereotype views, the text lacks literary value which is relevant to today&#8217;s contemporary multicultural society.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>2009<\/h2>\n<p>Retained in the Coeur D&#8217;Alene (ID) School District despite objections that the book has too many references to sex and drug use.<\/p>\n<h2>2004<\/h2>\n<p>Challenged, but retained in the South Texas Independent School District in Mercedes (TX) after parents objected to the adult themes &#8211; sexuality, drugs, and suicide &#8211; found in the novel.<\/p>\n<h2>2001<\/h2>\n<p>Removed from Foley (AL) high school for review because of complaints that its characters showed a contempt for religion, marriage, and the family.<\/p>\n<h2>On These Pages<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Banned<\/strong> book has been removed from a library, classroom, etc.<br \/>\nA <strong>Challenged<\/strong> book has been requested to be removed from a library, classroom, etc.<\/p>\n<h2>For additional information contact<\/h2>\n<p>Ron Titus, <a href=\"mailto:titus@marshall.edu\">titus@marshall.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:304-696-6575\">304-696-6575<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Last updated<\/h2>\n<p>August 11, 2025<\/p>\n<p><!-- ** ** END RIGHT COLUMN *** *-->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><!-- *** * END FULL PAGE DIV * blocked in the processing de*** --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":784,"featured_media":0,"parent":2039,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6290","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6290"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15371,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6290\/revisions\/15371"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}