Again, you presume to know best for black kids. How lucky they are to have you.
The original contention was that the book is problematic for some kids.
Your reaction, informed by your no relevant experience, is to contradict that.
Pause and think, is that a sound thought process or a moronic one?
Iâm just referencing whatâs in the article you posted? A teacher using the N word âin gleeâ is clearly the teacherâs fault
Incorrect. My reaction is to think that a book which teaches valuable lessons about the stupidity of racism is a good book to have on the syllabus.
Your reaction, informed by your no relevant experience, is to contradict the views of black children and parents with directly relevant experience.
Is that sound? Clearly not.
Who should know better here? Iâll give you a hint, itâs not you.
The teacher didnt use the word in glee. It was other students who reacted with glee. Jesus
They wonât even read what theyâre contradicting before they jump in.
This is Murica level stuff.
How do you know one or two black parents represent the view of all black parents?
Would you ban The Merchant of Venice also?
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Glas didnât say he wanted anything banned first and foremost. Go have a chat with AOR on twitter about that if you like
So should absolutely every black person be offended by the âNâ word before itâs allowed to be discussed as an issue? One or two is acceptable is it?
One or two people are going to be offended by literally everything. One black parent which is what is outlined in the journal piece does not mean that is the view of the majority or even a significant minority
Heâs defended Aodhanâs opinion which is to remove the book from the curriculum
there was no number put on it and the plural was used. You havenât even read the article, have you?
Children will be children, and will snigger at naughty or banned words regardless of who says them.
I would be genuinely of the belief (dismiss it as the belief of a middle aged* man if you like) that the book and its message are powerful enough to outweigh the discomfort a few puplis have felt in the class. It shines a light on racism and evil oppression in general and I think itâs no harm to expose JC level children to that subject matter. Itâs challenging novel, that shows a lot of the negative elements of racism and classism. Iâd imagine the author intended for people to feel uncomfortable reading it.
I also think it is unbelieveably racist for the middle-aged, white AOR to assume what books black people should and should not read, or to assume that the complaints of a few parents represent the entire black population and their views on the matter.
*I like to think Iâm nowhere near middle aged yet.
Youâre a very nice young man. He would have been gravely embarrassed had you left that up there.
Well done you.
the book was written by a white person, about a white person and is a white persons view on racism
Whatâs that got to do with anything? Heâs not saying who should and shouldnât read it
who isnât?
The author
the author, Harper Lee is a woman mate.
The protagonists white father Atticus Finch is the hero of the story. There is an argument to be had about whether or not this is the best vehicle to use to teach young kids about racism, when it is told by a white person, from a white perspective.
No one (here) is saying the topic shouldnât be broached and people shouldnât be taught about the history of it (they should)
a book written by a white woman, using the N word and which has white protagonists maybe isnât the best vehicle for that. There are surely other books out there. Can you imagine being black, in a classroom full of white people and having to read out that word, or having your classmates read it out?
Fire out a list there. Lets get the one that doesnât offend anyone.