The Davis County School District has announced that it will remove the Nobel Prize-winning novel “The Bluest Eye,” by Toni Morrison, from all school libraries.
The decision was made by the district’s Sensitive Review Committee and upheld by the Davis School Board.
Written in 1970, “The Bluest Eye” tells the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young Black girl growing up in Ohio during the Great Depression. The novel tackles sensitive issues such as racism, incest, and child sexual abuse.
While the book has been praised and is on many college reading lists, it has been challenged by parents and school boards and banned by districts across the country.
According to the American Library Association, “The Bluest Eye” is one of the most challenged books in history, listed as the 10th most banned book from 2010 – 2019.
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