Censorship: Who Has the Right? By: KaNisha Fahie What is Censorship Censorship is the "The acts of adjusting, editing, banning, or altering products, expressions or items considered to be elicit, unlawful, lewd, or objectionable (Easy Guide) Claim No one else (i.e. parents, teachers) has the right to decide whether or not to block or ban someone else from different forms of entertainment, more specifically books, it is that person's decision. Ideas 1. Censoring work does not help children in the long run. 2. Censoring work goes against freedom of speech. 3. Censoring work negatively affects the authors of these books. Censoring work does not help children in the long run. O "What some adults fail to realize-- or prefer not to believe-- is that if kids want to know something, they are going to find out one way or another"(Morrison) O "Well, 56% of students say no to banning books, newspapers, etc, 44% say yes. 55% of students say no to placing limits on what students can write about, 45% says yes"(Merino 25) Censoring work goes against freedom of speech. O Grants the five basic rights, speech, press, assembly, petition, and religion. A section of the amendment says "Prohibits implementation of subjective censorship or the banning of books based on taste or opinion"("Easy Guide"). O "51% of Americans disagree on limiting freedom of speech and 49% agree"(Merino 26). Censoring work negatively affects the authors of these books. O Ray Bradbury explained how authors didnt like how their works would get censored. Its a slap in the face to them. Conclusion O Censorship is a growing problem in this nation since it does not help children in the long run, goes against freedom of speech, and lastly affect the authors of these books. The problem is not with this censoring itself as much as it is with who gets to decide whether an article, book, or newspaper is censored. No one has the right to decide whether or not to block someone else from something, it is that person's decision- child or not. Works Cited "Easy Guide to the 1st Amendment." 1 st Amendment. Web. 16 Nov Merino, Noel, ed. Censorship. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, Print. Morrison, M. "Should Parents and Other Interested Citizens Censor Textbooks and Other Literature for Children in School? Bukisa. Web. 16 Nov