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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]

You really are making things up. No one is reading just this book. No one teaches this book the way you are perceiving it (and it sounds like you didn't even read it).  The issues you raise are exactly what they talk about in class. It isn't read as "the best book about how life is or was."[/quote]

But why do you need to read this book in school? You get to read, what, 10 books per year in high school. Instead of recycling the list each year and figuring out how you need to change the way you teach, as old approaches are recognized as problematic, why not take a fresh look at what your curriculum is intended to achieve and what books best help you achieve those goals?[/quote]

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