Catalog / Native Son
Native Son
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Richard Wright
In Chicago, Bigger Thomas is caught in a spiral of fear, violence, and racial power. The novel examines individual responsibility and social structure.
- First publication
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Original language
- English
- ISBN-10
- 006083756X
- ISBN-13
- 9780060837563
- ASIN
- 006083756X
Why was Native Son challenged?
Native Son by Richard Wright is in this catalog because a sourced record documents an at-risk action in United States in 1998. The novel was removed from a California high school after complaints about its violence and explicit sexual content.
The catalog records the scope as school. That is not a claim that the book is banned everywhere, or that a failed complaint has the same force as a prohibition. Open the sources under Bans and restrictions. Unsourced rumors are omitted.
Readers who search “why was Native Son banned” should read the status label first. Banned, restricted, and at risk are defined on the methodology page and are not interchangeable.
Bans and restrictions
At risk · School
The novel was removed from a California high school after complaints about its violence and explicit sexual content.
Several school challenges are documented by the ALA.
- Source → Banned & Challenged Classics American Library Association
Other questions
- Is Native Son banned?
- In this catalog the primary documented status is “at risk” in United States, 1998. That is not a worldwide ban. Scope and sources are listed below.
- Why was Native Son challenged?
- The novel was removed from a California high school after complaints about its violence and explicit sexual content.
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