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The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

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Pod Save America

It was cited as a work written by Toni Morrison in her late 40s.

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Toni Morrison wrote The Bluest Eye in her late 40s.

— Episode: Rage at Madison Square Garden

Episode: Rage at Madison Square Garden

It was cited as a work written by Toni Morrison in her late 40s.

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Toni Morrison wrote The Bluest Eye in her late 40s.

Fox News Hourly Update

It was mentioned as one of the tied thirdplace titles on the challenged list.

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Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

— Episode: 11PM ET 04/07/2025 Newscast

Episode: 11PM ET 04/07/2025 Newscast

It was mentioned as one of the tied thirdplace titles on the challenged list.

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Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye

Behind the Bastards

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison was considered an acclaimed book by the librarians who allowed minors to access it.

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like The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.

— Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 147

Episode: It Could Happen Here Weekly 147

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison was considered an acclaimed book by the librarians who allowed minors to access it.

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like The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.

The Journal.

The hosts referenced the title as a classic work that had been removed from school curricula because of its depiction of the main character's rape, using it to illustrate ongoing book‑banning efforts. They noted its controversial content as a reason for the challenges it faced in educational settings.

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NPR News Now

The book was referenced as being tied for the third most challenged title in the 2024 ALA report. Andrew Limbong and Jack Spear both noted its ranking alongside another popular novel. The mention highlighted its controversial status rather than endorsing its content.

Episode: NPR News: 04-08-2025 12AM EDT

The novel was mentioned as tied for the third most challenged book in the 2024 ALA report.

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and the third is a tie between Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye.

Episode: NPR News: 04-07-2025 6PM EDT

It also tied for third place as one of the most challenged books in 2024.

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And the third is a tie between Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye.

The Matt Walsh Show

In one episode, a pop star claimed the novel was banned in Florida and said she would hand out copies, mentioning it alongside other well‑known titles. In another episode, the host listed the title among the ALA’s most challenged books of 2022, noting its sexual content as a point of controversy. The podcast treated the work primarily as an example of recent censorship debates rather than a recommendation.

Episode: Ep. 1264 - Blue State Decriminalizes All Drugs. To...

The pop star said she would hand out copies of the novel, claiming it was banned in Florida.

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To Kill a Mockingbird, A Catcher in the Rye, The Kite Runner, The Bluest Eye, The Diary of Anne Frank.

Episode: Ep. 1151 - They're Coming For Your Children And Th...

Walsh listed the title among the ALA's 13 most challenged books of 2022, noting its sexual content.

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Genderqueer, All Boys Aren't Blue, The Bluest Eye, Flamer, Looking for Alaska, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Lawn Boy, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Out of Darkness, A Court of Mist and Fury, Crank, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and This Book is Gay.

Episode: Ep. 843 - Another Major Public School Sex Abuse Sc...

The host mentioned that Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye has been banned in schools for sexual content.

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Literary classics like Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye are banned for sexual content and school libraries are coming under attack for containing books about gender.

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

It was used as an example of how even the most despicable characters can be humanized and understood through a deeper understanding of their story and background.

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I just think like I would like to believe that we are humans who have our convictions and we have our ethical ground to stand on, but I also think like it has so much to do with circumstance and like...

— Episode: "The Issues At Hand" (w/ Dylan Marron)

Episode: "The Issues At Hand" (w/ Dylan Marron)

It was used as an example of how even the most despicable characters can be humanized and understood through a deeper understanding of their story and background.

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I just think like I would like to believe that we are humans who have our convictions and we have our ethical ground to stand on, but I also think like it has so much to do with circumstance and like what you believe and it's like can power and fame turn you into a monster. I think 'Game Change' and the story of Sarah Palin would argue that it can't yeah Donald Trump even and with Donald Trump as well, I mean on a much on a much more relevant and grand scale yeah so is that a human failing? Well, I just I just mean to understand these people as humans right, like if you want to even humanize like it's like that chapter in 'The Bluest Eye' when Toni Morrison humanizes this character who is the most violent despicable character of the whole book and you didn't think it was possible. It's like are we, you know maybe like we'll ultimately get that chapter for Donald Trump.

Episode: "The Issues At Hand" (w/ Dylan Marron)

It was used as an example of how even the most despicable character can be humanized, suggesting a possibility that a similar process may happen for Donald Trump in the future.

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it's like that chapter in The Bluest Eye when Toni Morrison humanizes this character who is the most violent despicable character of the whole book and you didn't think it was possible.

Stay Tuned with Preet

It was one of the books that was mentioned to have been challenged or banned in some schools and libraries in the past winter.

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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.

— Episode: The “Perfectly Imperfect” Mayor (with Er...

Episode: The “Perfectly Imperfect” Mayor (with Eric Adams)

It was one of the books that was mentioned to have been challenged or banned in some schools and libraries in the past winter.

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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.

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