Mild point of clarification here. In most recent times, To Kill a Mockingbird wasnt “banned” so much as removed from classroom curricula. Many places that rem

Mild point of clarification here. In most recent times, To Kill a Mockingbird wasnt “banned” so much as removed from classroom curricula. Many places that removed it didn’t pull it from the library. Likewise, many public schools have bibles and other non-required reading in the library. There are levels here. you’re legally obliged to have schooling up to age 16, the state provides it to most. The removal is about the state “mandating” the reading of a book. That and the maturity of the audience. How many public schools require the reading of the Bible, Koran, Marx, hitler, or Nietzsche? You’re right, context is everything. In the current us political climate, that might be very hard to achieve right now.