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In reply to the discussion: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' will be removed from ninth-grade required reading list in Mukilteo [View all]gab13by13
(21,385 posts)5. I think the Old Testament should be banned.
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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
I'm going to differ with you on this one. Removing something from a required reading list is
mahatmakanejeeves
Jan 2022
#8
I agree. It is a de facto ban and just another example of back slide that is taking place.
olegramps
Jan 2022
#65
Article says the book was not banned, just removed from required reading
Gregory Peccary
Jan 2022
#37
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 won't even try to couch this in "nice" terms: this is the kind of ignorant SHIT you get
Atticus
Jan 2022
#16
Uh, did YOU read the article? It clearly states that the classic novel was removed
Atticus
Jan 2022
#81
Ridiculous. Guess the person requesting removal has never read it. Atticus
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2022
#19
A little suburban town with population of one neighborhood here in Philly
BumRushDaShow
Jan 2022
#25
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
Dr. Melina Abdullah is desperatly trying to hold on to racial views that simply do not hold up
cinematicdiversions
Jan 2022
#59
Also duly noted is that you, a white person, have hitched your intellectual wagon
Atticus
Jan 2022
#87
There is nothing wrong with updating a reading list to demonstrate similar concepts.
NH Ethylene
Jan 2022
#51
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To Kill A Mockingbird is a white-savior narrative that is outdated.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
I stopped in some of my writing and decided I would read as much literature written by black authors
CTyankee
Feb 2022
#99
Exactly. You are a fine example of cultural exploration and finding riches beyond what we think
CTyankee
Feb 2022
#103
I am publishing privately (too old to shop my book around). That way, I can give my books away to
CTyankee
Feb 2022
#107
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