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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]... It happened and is history.  We should know our history or we are doomed to repeat.[/quote]
Plenty of other books can allow us to “know our history” regarding race: Invisible Man, Native Son, Roots, Beloved, Roots, etc etc etc. [/quote]
So only the Black view is acceptable?  Yes, read those books but dont stop reading TKAM.[/quote]
1. Why do you think I believe that only "the Black view" (wtf?) is acceptable? The simple fact is that most fiction books about race relations - particularly the best ones - are written by black authors. If you need to find a book by a white author to make you feel better, feel free. My very Conservative, white, southern, and often race-wrong high school from the 1980s read both Invisible Man and Native Son, so I suspect people in 2020s DC can adapt. Alex Haley's Roots is pretty much sanitized for white audiences, so maybe that's one you can accept. If you desperately need a white author, then maybe you can look at Lords of Discipline or Water is Wide, although they're both really dated too and not great literature.
 
2. Why do you think all students have to read TKAM? You wrote before that they need to read it to know what happened in history, and I provided several other options that give the history of that era without TKAM's baggage.  But you don't seem to allow for any other options.  You seem to want to carry a torch for TKAM. I just don't think it's necessary, and I think you're letting some sense of nostalgia or anti-wokeness blind you to the problems with that book. In 2020, there are better options.[/quote]

What are you talking about?  I never said not to assign The Bluest eye or invisible man.  We are talking about To kill a mockingbird which some peope think it is no longer worth reading.  I disagree.

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