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> However, people aren't complaining about To Kill A Mockingbird being replaced, they are complaining about To Kill A Mockingbird being explicitly barred from e
by klmadfejno 6y ago
> However, people aren't complaining about To Kill A Mockingbird being replaced, they are complaining about To Kill A Mockingbird being explicitly barred from even potentially being used in a curriculum with no argument as to the merits of any alternative.
Well the good news is, the kids are probably reading another book instead.
- jjk166 6y agoYes but we don't know which - the decision to ban TKAM here wasn't made to promote a specific alternative, it was a response to an incident of racism involving a kid who read TKAM. For all you know, they could be reading The Turner Diaries. While I would love to think that the teachers are socially progressive individuals who have found a better alternative, presumably those teachers would have switched to that better alternative regardless of whether TKAM was an option or not. Unfortunately I have my concerns about what the teachers who actively avoided the more appropriate option decided on.