The most recent book challenge in Buncombe County was the challenge of\u00a0The Kite Runner<\/em> in 2015. We believe that this challenge was very influential in the final decision the school MTAC made.\u00a0The Kite Runner<\/em> challenge resulted in a lot of negative publicity for the school system in regards to the way they handled book challenges. It resulted in a change in policy regarding the retention of the book in the classroom until a final decision was made regarding if it would be retained in future years.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Click here<\/a> to read about it and other book challenges in Buncombe County.<\/p>\n Not long after this book challenge, the #MeToo<\/a> movement took off on Twitter and in Hollywood. This movement works to bring awareness to and stop sexual assault. Though this occurred after this book challenge, it shows a rising discomfort and discontent with the prevalence of sexual assault in our society.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n CNN’s 2017 In Review Fast Facts<\/a><\/p>\n The New York Times Year in Review<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Censorship and Book Challenges in Buncombe County The most recent book challenge in Buncombe County was the challenge of\u00a0The Kite Runner in 2015. We believe that this challenge was very influential in the final decision the school MTAC made.\u00a0The Kite Runner challenge resulted in a lot of negative publicity for\u2026 Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-210","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/burn.coplacdigital.org\/unca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/burn.coplacdigital.org\/unca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/burn.coplacdigital.org\/unca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burn.coplacdigital.org\/unca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burn.coplacdigital.org\/unca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/burn.coplacdigital.org\/unca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401,"href":"https:\/\/burn.coplacdigital.org\/unca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/210\/revisions\/401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/burn.coplacdigital.org\/unca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Sexual Violence in the News<\/h3>\n
Other recent book challenges in Buncombe County<\/a><\/h3>\n
Other News of 2017<\/h3>\n