Please answer three of following question in a thoughtful, well organized essay.In answering each question, you should reference a specific instance of censorship that relates specifically to the question.Each instance of censorship and each question must reference a different source.This essay will cover post 1960.You should refer to The People v Larry Flint,Dubin, Linenthal, Confederacy, Denial,Kennedy, Arac, Ravitch.You may certainly refer to any of the other films or documentaries that you watched provided they are post 1960.
Your answer should demonstrate an understanding of the context that generated the controversy; the targets of censorship and the legitimacy of the arguments for freedom of expression; the censors and the legitimacy of their claims for censorship; the author’s interpretation of the controversy as well as your own interpretation of the controversy.. Remember that there is not a right/wrong answer.Your essay will be graded on the quality of your arguments.Specific references to sources will enhance your final product.To repeat, your answer should reference three different instances of censorship that have and continue to cause controversy from three different sources.
Do government or government representatives have the right to protect children from harmful reading or viewing material?
Do citizens, and more to the point, taxpayers have a right to not be disturbed by artistic displays, museum programming or school curricula all of which are publically funded and appear in public places?
Are cultural stereotypes to be overcome by banning them from sight?
Is language an appropriate target for censorship?
Is insight into history attained only through personal experience or suffering?
Who is allowed to speak about “painful history”, be it national, ethnic or racial?
Do the demands of previously marginalized groups—racial, ethnic and sexual minorities-
for control of their representation and identity warrant censorship?