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(5,553 posts) Wed Jan 26, 2022, 01:14 PM Jan 2022

'To Kill a Mockingbird' will be removed from ninth-grade required reading list in Mukilteo [View all]

Source: KING5

"To Kill a Mockingbird" will be removed from the Mukilteo School District's ninth-grade English/Language Arts required reading list.

The Mukilteo School Board unanimously approved a resolution Monday night to remove the novel from the curriculum. The novel remains on the district-approved list and is not banned.

Written more than six decades ago, "To Kill a Mockingbird" tells the racially-charged story of a Black man wrongly accused of raping a white woman. It won the Pulitzer Prize and is studied in high schools across the country.

Mukilteo received one request to remove the book from the district's curriculum saying the "n-word" is used more than 50 times with no context about its negative connotations.

Read more: https://www.king5.com/article/news/education/to-kill-a-mockingbird-required-reading-mukilteo/281-ceb3134c-4d40-4127-9930-cc15f2f58f59

I haven't read the book in decades but isn't the whole thing context about its negative connotations?

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'To Kill a Mockingbird' will be removed from ninth-grade required reading list in Mukilteo [View all] ripcord Jan 2022 OP

Isn't this WA state? obamanut2012 Jan 2022 #1

There are good people in Spokane. My brother lives leftyladyfrommo Jan 2022 #12

East and Western Washington... Dan Jan 2022 #26

Mukilteo is western WA. Sneederbunk Jan 2022 #33

I know, but I was responding to the comment about Eastern Wa, Dan Jan 2022 #34

Censorship JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #2

I'm going to differ with you on this one. Removing something from a required reading list is mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #8

There's so much food for thought JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #15

I agree. It is a de facto ban and just another example of back slide that is taking place. olegramps Jan 2022 #65

You are speaking my language JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #72

Good point PatSeg Jan 2022 #28

I agree. As long as the book is in the library I'm fine. Buckeyeblue Jan 2022 #29

Except JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #73

Good points Buckeyeblue Jan 2022 #77

The book was written for a white audience, DemocraticPatriot Jan 2022 #92

Unfortunate. DemocraticPatriot Jan 2022 #93

The real question ... ificandream Jan 2022 #39

Article states because JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #71

Pretty sad. gab13by13 Jan 2022 #3

Will the movie also be banned? gab13by13 Jan 2022 #4

Article says the book was not banned, just removed from required reading Gregory Peccary Jan 2022 #37

I think the Old Testament should be banned. gab13by13 Jan 2022 #5

Shameful. (nt) Paladin Jan 2022 #6

They should ask for student input on these decisions jmbar2 Jan 2022 #7

Students spearheaded the change and were outspoken about their views to remove. cbabe Jan 2022 #11

Got a link to this information that was not in the article? sinkingfeeling Jan 2022 #22

Thepostmillennial.com Jan. 25 cbabe Jan 2022 #36

Mulkiteo is north of Seattle. Politically cbabe Jan 2022 #9

Replace it with 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'! DemocraticPatriot Jan 2022 #89

who the heck do you think you are telling what we can and cant read. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #10

the notoriety probably just pushed a lot of kids to read it rurallib Jan 2022 #47

i was just thinking about that too also. Evil minds think alike . AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #48

I read the book in the early 70's after having watched the movie. 2Gingersnaps Jan 2022 #63

i too was initiated to the injustices of this country at an early age. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #67

Reading 'Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee' made me so angry, I fantasized DemocraticPatriot Jan 2022 #91

Context? That's what teachers are for, duh. Literature, math, they are nothing without context Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2022 #13

I read it in high school Mz Pip Jan 2022 #14

I was thinking about this ripcord Jan 2022 #24

I won't even try to couch this in "nice" terms: this is the kind of ignorant SHIT you get Atticus Jan 2022 #16

What would someone going by "Atticus" know about this? Lucky Luciano Jan 2022 #23

"The one thing that doesn't abide by the majority is Atticus Jan 2022 #38

You obviously haven't read the article in the OP. intheflow Jan 2022 #80

Uh, did YOU read the article? It clearly states that the classic novel was removed Atticus Jan 2022 #81

Well, you're right and you're wrong. intheflow Jan 2022 #84

Apology accepted. No problem. nt Atticus Jan 2022 #86

One of the most profound learning tool for my privileged white son that LizBeth Jan 2022 #17

They removed the book based on one request? CrispyQ Jan 2022 #18

Ridiculous. Guess the person requesting removal has never read it. Atticus sinkingfeeling Jan 2022 #19

The point of the book is not how many times the "n" word is used. Lonestarblue Jan 2022 #20

Kids today are smart! They are defiant and understand censorship. MenloParque Jan 2022 #21

A little suburban town with population of one neighborhood here in Philly BumRushDaShow Jan 2022 #25

This book is in the public domain now FakeNoose Jan 2022 #27

It's not in public domain and not on Project Guttenberg. intheflow Jan 2022 #30

OK I've gotten it from the local library, and read it several times FakeNoose Jan 2022 #32

Some of the novels I like best were banned from time to time. marie999 Jan 2022 #31

So, because I'm a bleeding heart liberal antiracist, I'm not gonna get too up in arms about this. intheflow Jan 2022 #35

I don't see Atticus Finch as a "savior." Tom Robinson dies. The operative point is that Finch... NNadir Jan 2022 #40

"White savior" is a trope, it doesn't mean Finch saved Robinson. intheflow Jan 2022 #45

Well, I don't agree that Finch qualifies as an example of the "trope." NNadir Jan 2022 #49

One Ingersollman Jan 2022 #64

Sorry you feel that way. intheflow Jan 2022 #69

Well, you're "deeply engaged," in Dr. Abdullah's definitions. NNadir Jan 2022 #74

First, I have not called you a racist. intheflow Jan 2022 #76

It is a bit racist to call it white culture only though. cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 #90

Well, I'd agree with you except intheflow Feb 2022 #97

👍 nt Raine Jan 2022 #85

Dr. Melina Abdullah is desperatly trying to hold on to racial views that simply do not hold up cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 #59

Your trashing of a Black woman's experience and education is duly noted. n/t intheflow Jan 2022 #66

Really? you think she is correct to view through such a lens? cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 #68

She is completely aligned with contemporary antiracist theory and action. intheflow Jan 2022 #70

Also duly noted is that you, a white person, have hitched your intellectual wagon Atticus Jan 2022 #87

I never cited Dr. Abdullah as an ultimate authority, intheflow Feb 2022 #98

In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Mysterian Jan 2022 #41

True! 👍 nt Raine Jan 2022 #83

Coming soon, book burning. Jack-o-Lantern Jan 2022 #42

Has anyone read murielm99 Jan 2022 #43

This is one more step in muzzling thought. "Lame! Lame! Lame!" Ford_Prefect Jan 2022 #44

sounds like the impetus here was not quite stopdiggin Jan 2022 #46

There is nothing wrong with updating a reading list to demonstrate similar concepts. NH Ethylene Jan 2022 #51

yeah. I think a lot of the outrage here is stopdiggin Jan 2022 #55

I suspect many have not read the article itself. n/t NH Ethylene Jan 2022 #88

I wonder how many people Turbineguy Jan 2022 #50

We've gone back to the 50's folks. 45 was the puss under the ripped off band-aid; all out now Evolve Dammit Jan 2022 #52

To Kill A Mockingbird is a white-savior narrative that is outdated. It sounds like this was a WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #53

Not a White Savior Narrative erpowers Jan 2022 #56

Okay, but it is tho. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2022 #62

Thank you. intheflow Jan 2022 #78

I stopped in some of my writing and decided I would read as much literature written by black authors CTyankee Feb 2022 #99

What a great story, CTyankee! intheflow Feb 2022 #102

Exactly. You are a fine example of cultural exploration and finding riches beyond what we think CTyankee Feb 2022 #103

Oooooo! Art and music recs thrown into book discussions! intheflow Feb 2022 #104

It's a portion of my book "The Gladdened Heart"- The ART of Music. CTyankee Feb 2022 #105

. intheflow Feb 2022 #106

I am publishing privately (too old to shop my book around). That way, I can give my books away to CTyankee Feb 2022 #107

We've come full circle. jcmaine72 Jan 2022 #54

I lived in Mukilteo for 12 years pfitz59 Jan 2022 #57

This country is full-bore off the rails. AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #58

Perhaps the district should pair it with the Deminpenn Jan 2022 #60

Honestly with the language used and the whole Me Too issue I am surprised it lasted this long. cinematicdiversions Jan 2022 #61

This is from the paper of record for Snohomish County. There's a paywall but you might get a one Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2022 #75

Thank you for including this other article. intheflow Jan 2022 #79

Ridiculous to do this. 👎 nt Raine Jan 2022 #82

No longer required but still optional. ManiacJoe Jan 2022 #94

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if the Black woman in that video was a Republican, I think we just won the culture wars.. cadoman Feb 2022 #101

not necessarily the worst thing -- what replaced it? cadoman Feb 2022 #100