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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read this whole thread, but has anyone pointed out that To Kill a Mockingbird has been removed from required reading in a very liberal district?

[quote]According to the Seattle Times, the Mukilteo School Board voted unanimously Monday night to remove Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” from the required reading list for ninth graders while still allowing for teachers to choose to teach the classic novel to students.

The board acted after months of discussion among teachers, parents and students, and in reaction to concerns over racism in the classic novel, first published in 1960.[/quote]

https://www.deseret.com/utah/2022/1/28/22906501/seattle-school-bans-to-kill-a-mockingbird-over-racism-concerns-as-wave-of-book-challenges-continues[/quote]

I think there a conflation of books in the curriculum vs books in school libraries (i.e. book banning). Whether or not a particular book is to be taught as part of the curriculum can be debatable.  I hope all can agree that removing books from libraries is not a good thing.[/quote]

Are you saying there are no books that don't belong in a school library?

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I didn't say that.  There is generally thought and consideration on which books to include in the school library.  Having some astroturfed parents group suddenly remove a book because it challenges their worldview is not a good thing.[/quote]

So we agree there are books that don't belong in a school library.

You just don't like that the local community gets to decide?  Who would you suggest decides if not the community?

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"Local community"??? You make that sound like everyone in that district agrees with the decision. There are parents in that local community who WANT Maus to remain on the book list. Tell us whey their opinion doesn't count? Please. [/quote]

In any meaningful population it is basically impossible to get everyone to agree on much of anything.  Maus hasn't been "banned" in the sense that it isn't available from Amazon $13.50.

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Just a reminder that the "local community" objected to the use of the word "damn" and nudity.  The nudity was an image of a dead 70+ year old in a bathtub in a book about the Holocaust.[/quote]

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