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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]intheflow
(28,443 posts)78. Thank you.
I replied the same upthread and the white fragility spat back at me was quick and hearty. Why do so many white liberals think they are exempt from racist culture because they voted for Obama? JFC, just try to see things through Black people's perspectives - especially when Black people tell us how they perceive the white narratives white people revere. TKAM was great for its time, but that was 60 years ago. Try to keep up with the times, white people! SO many great literary books that cover the issue of racism written by POC. Why must we cling to this Cold War book? (smh in white person)
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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