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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would like to provide some food for thought on the matter for those who have a problem with this. Imagine being a black student and constantly reading these "classics" which shows a history of time, in which blacks were treated sub-human and the author makes no apology, but writes it from a perspective of it is what it is. Page by page, you have to read words that cut deep to your race. However, rather than an awakening of morale taking place, you have an educated white lawyer that takes on a case because of his daughter. The poor uneducated black is once again saved by the educated white man, who takes pitty on him. But wait, this is a classic, to hell with others, it's written well. [/quote]

Well, you clearly didn’t master English writing. Your syntax is terrible.  “An awakening of morale”?

Harper Lee is describing racism as it existed. It is brutal and nearly incomprehensible to a child. That’s what she conveys. Novelists do not apologize for the contexts in which their stories occur.

The Bluest Eye describes abuse, neglect, internalized racism, and madness. Did you want Toni Morrison to apologize for that fact that these things can exist within African American communities?

You have absolutely no understanding of literature. [/quote]

It's always sad when one feels the need to argue their position beginning with an insult to the previous poster. "Your syntax is terrible." Apologies if all choose not approach their post as a legal brief. [/quote]

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