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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My two kids have not read it in any class.[/quote]

It has fallen out of favor because of the white savior narrative.[/quote]

Yeah, I think the curriculum in many places—not just MCPS—has shifted toward reading about racism and/or oppression from the perspective of the people it’s inflicted upon.

Although I graduated from HS in 1900, took advanced/AP classes all through middle and high school, did an English minor in college, and I’ve never read TKAM. Sometimes I feel like I have, because it used to be so ubiquitous; and people seem to love the movie as well. I guess that’s why I’ve never felt the need to read it (or watch the movie).[/quote]

By your own states criteria the book is still as relevant today as ever.

The book tells the story of racism and oppression in this country from the perspective of children - racism and oppression are inflicted on all children because neither is a natural state into which children are born, they must be educated into racism and oppression and that’s core to the book.

The book is also about childhood grief, and the sufferings of abused and neglected and abandoned children.

And it isn’t a white savior narrative. There would not have been a black lawyer in Macon at the time, it’s not like Tom had a choice in this regard and as already stated, Atticus doesn’t save anybody, he just serves as a cog in a twisted and broken system.

There is so much of value to teach in TKAM, and always will be. [/quote]

It's not clear and shouldn't be assumed that the book is as valuable to a child born in 2016 as it was for a child born in 1980. [/quote]

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