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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So wait. We pretend that the last 400 years of this country don’t exist? Sorry, do we not read the Bible either since there is all sorts of racist and homophobic info in there? What about Holocaust books? Or books about the Exodus, since Jews were slaves for how many years? I don’t believe in banning anything unless content is not age appropriate. I do believe in full balance and excellent teaching. A great teacher can navigate this with balance and care, as suggested above. Toni Morrison was brilliant, and fully agree with that choice AS WELL. Or THUG. Maybe a compare and contrast! So many other options besides excluding for archaic and offensive perspective.[/quote]

I'm pretty sure that the school isn't covering all 400 years of American history in one class anyway.  [b]They aren't banning the book[/b] -- in fact, I'd bet money you can find a copy or two in the school library.  I bet they also aren't reading the Bible in that English class, nor novels about the Exodus.  In fact, I'd bet I can rattle off a list of classic novels that they are NOT reading, because one can only read so many books in class.  So if you're okay with adding TBE, what book would you remove from the class reading list to make room?

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