FAHRENHEIT 451: This book was expurgated at the Venado Middle School in Irvine, California (1992). Students received copies of the book with scores of words — mostly “hells” and damns” — blacked out… After receiving complaints from parents and being contacted by reporters, school officials said censored copies would no longer be used.
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This is an example of an expurgated text.
In 2014, a school board in Arizona voted to expurgate a high school biology textbook “because they discuss sexually transmitted diseases and contraception.β
Source:
Doyle, Robert P. 1996 Banned Books Resource Guide. Chicago: American Library Association, 1997.
Rojas, Rick. βIn Arizona, a Textbook Fuels a Broader Dispute over Sex Education.β The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Nov. 2014, www.nytimes.com/2014/11/28/us/in-arizona-a-textbook-fuels-a-broader-dispute-over-sex-education.html.