Mississippi bans To Kill A Mockingbird, but glorifies the confederacy.
So let me get this straight, a Mississippi school board is uncomfortable with having to discuss racism, but quite comfortable perpetuating it with the Confederate flag flying high above the district high school? Now Im not sure how many of you are familiar with the book, if not let me put it this way, if you are uncomfortable reading To Kill A Mockingbird, then you probably should be reading To to Kill a Mockingbird.
Members of the district public school board in Biloxi, Mississippi are the latest to voice their concern about Harper Lees Pulitzer-winning 1960 novel, removing it from its 8th grade curriculum last week. To Kill a Mockingbird, which describes rape and racial inequality in a small Southern town, has been a source of controversy in regards to being read in schools since the 70s. A school district in Virginia removed the novel from its curriculum in 2016 after complaints about racist language. Which in my opinion, translates into, This challenges our youth to question racial inequality at an early age, which is too controversial, but dont worry kids, saluting a flag that represented a bloody war to preserve the right to own slaves is perfectly fine in 2017 America.
Mississippi school district thinks To Kill A Mockingbird has 'uncomfortable' language, but having a confederate flag as a state flag is fine
In explaining their reason for banning the book, Kenny Holloway, vice president of the Biloxi School Board, said There is some language in the book that makes people uncomfortable. Again, thats the f*****g point of the book. So that kids will have these uncomfortable conversations and better understand the topic of racism as opposed to the alternative, which means growing up in a bubble of privilege, to the point that when an uncomfortable conversation comes up, you dont act like this.
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