Banning 'To Kill a Mockingbird' teaches students the wrong lesson

[cawacko]

Isn’t local control great?

You'd prefer people in D.C. dictate everything our kids must study? No thank you.

[evince]

how about NOT racists

[evince]

how should I know and why does it matter?
Not everything(most not) at that local level is driven by ideology. Take the OP at face value.

People are overly sensitized,and throw out quality literature because of words. That is the same thing PC does

right wing racism

that is what this is asshole

[Jarod]

To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite books.

[domer76]

You'd prefer people in D.C. dictate everything our kids must study? No thank you.

Yep. I sure do. Much better chance for balance rather than a backwater community in Mississippi, Texas or Utah banning books in their local library.

[dukkha]

You'd prefer people in D.C. dictate everything our kids must study? No thank you.

Dems would have them studying the 'Politically Correct hand book on Triggering'

[christiefan915]

Oh my gosh! To Kill A Mockingbird???? One of theeeeee best movies of all time. I still keep watching it on Netflix. Such valuable lessons throughout the entire movie...a classic! This is getting way out of hand.

It's one of my favorite books and the movie is great also.

[Phantasmal]

It's one of my favorite books and the movie is great also.

It is my #1

[Minister of Truth]

Oh my gosh! To Kill A Mockingbird???? One of theeeeee best movies of all time. I still keep watching it on Netflix. Such valuable lessons throughout the entire movie...a classic! This is getting way out of hand.

Gregory Peck can suck-it, seeing as he was a noted Hollywood leftist that would be appalled by the attacks on the book.

[cawacko]

If the book makes you uncomfortable, the Conservatives should not ban it, they should make it required reading.

I was reminded of this thread as one of my best high school buddies, who happens to be black, wrote on Facebook today about To Kill A Mockingbird.


His first comment was "Wife and son trying to find a book to read and To Kill A Mockingbird comes up. F*ck that, nope."

He later said "They like sneaking these racist ass books with the great white savior in to our schools to f*ck with our black children's self esteem. Not on my watch."


Clearly the book makes my friend uncomfortable. Should it be required reading for his son?

[Irish Exit]

I was reminded of this thread as one of my best high school buddies, who happens to be black, wrote on Facebook today about To Kill A Mockingbird.


His first comment was "Wife and son trying to find a book to read and To Kill A Mockingbird comes up. F*ck that, nope."

He later said "They like sneaking these racist ass books with the great white savior in to our schools to f*ck with our black children's self esteem. Not on my watch."


Clearly the book makes my friend uncomfortable. Should it be required reading for his son?

I don't think anything should be required reading except to the extent the instructor decides that is what they will be reading. On the plus side, one of my english teachers posted a list of the top 20 banned books at the time, told us which ones we had to read for class, and gave everybody extra credit on the final for every one of the others we read on our own and wrote a report on. 10 got you out of the final.

[Nomad]

Oh my gosh! To Kill A Mockingbird???? One of theeeeee best movies of all time. I still keep watching it on Netflix. Such valuable lessons throughout the entire movie...a classic! This is getting way out of hand.

If you ever learn how to read, you should try reading the book.

It's even better.

[Stretch]

Thank-you. I read the book 40 years ago and continue to enjoy it in film version as well.

[Nomad]

I was reminded of this thread as one of my best high school buddies, who happens to be black, wrote on Facebook today about To Kill A Mockingbird.


His first comment was "Wife and son trying to find a book to read and To Kill A Mockingbird comes up. F*ck that, nope."

He later said "They like sneaking these racist ass books with the great white savior in to our schools to f*ck with our black children's self esteem. Not on my watch."


Clearly the book makes my friend uncomfortable. Should it be required reading for his son?

No surprise that you'd have been buddies with such an ignorant douchebag.

[cawacko]

No surprise that you'd have been buddies with such an ignorant douchebag.

I don't know if calling him an ignorant douchebag is very woke Nomad