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I don't think this is a new thing. I was raised in the 90s in a very suburban area and I never heard the n-word spoken and it was always censored when spoken wh

by sct202 6y ago

I don't think this is a new thing. I was raised in the 90s in a very suburban area and I never heard the n-word spoken and it was always censored when spoken when we read To Kill a Mockingbird.

hn_throwaway_99 6y ago
When in the 90s? I am very positive that the very first time I heard "The N word" as a euphemism for the actual epithet was from Johnnie Cochran during the OJ Simpson trial in 1995. I remember thinking that sounded awkward at the time because people would say things like "the F word" or "the S word" to substitute for those well known curse words, but "the N word" was brand new to me. I'm not saying Johnnie Cochran invented the term, but in my suburban area I had never previously heard that.
WillPostForFood 6y ago
That is a reasonable and sensitive way to handle it. Things have change though, now To Kill a Mockingbird is being removed from curriculums for being racist. https://www.newsweek.com/kill-mockingbird-other-books-banned-california-schools-over-racism-concerns-1547241 https://www.newsweek.com/kill-mockingbird-other-books-banned...
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
  What will they remove next, "Uncle Tom's cabin"??!
- AnthonyMouse 6y ago
  Kind of a sad irony that they ban To Kill a Mockingbird over "racism" when it's a book about the importance of extending due process to a black man falsely accused of rape, happening at the same time as "Believe All Women" etc.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  It's being removed from curricula because parents complained about the perceived racist effects of the actual teaching of the book done in the district, and the district leaders found it easier to ban the specific books than to either figure out if there was a pedagogical problem and, if so, address it. The problem here is not “cancel culture", but “lazy elected politicians who don't take their duties seriously”.
  - ReptileMan 6y ago
    Well the whole cancel culture is based exactly on that. The laziness of submitting to the crowd instead of taking a principled stand.
- billfruit 6y ago
  Then what will they do about Huckleberry Finn?

by sct202 6y ago

I don't think this is a new thing. I was raised in the 90s in a very suburban area and I never heard the n-word spoken and it was always censored when spoken when we read To Kill a Mockingbird.

hn_throwaway_99 6y ago

When in the 90s? I am very positive that the very first time I heard "The N word" as a euphemism for the actual epithet was from Johnnie Cochran during the OJ Simpson trial in 1995. I remember thinking that sounded awkward at the time because people would say things like "the F word" or "the S word" to substitute for those well known curse words, but "the N word" was brand new to me. I'm not saying Johnnie Cochran invented the term, but in my suburban area I had never previously heard that.

WillPostForFood 6y ago

That is a reasonable and sensitive way to handle it. Things have change though, now To Kill a Mockingbird is being removed from curriculums for being racist. https://www.newsweek.com/kill-mockingbird-other-books-banned-california-schools-over-racism-concerns-1547241 https://www.newsweek.com/kill-mockingbird-other-books-banned...

Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
What will they remove next, "Uncle Tom's cabin"??!
AnthonyMouse 6y ago
Kind of a sad irony that they ban To Kill a Mockingbird over "racism" when it's a book about the importance of extending due process to a black man falsely accused of rape, happening at the same time as "Believe All Women" etc.
dragonwriter 6y ago
It's being removed from curricula because parents complained about the perceived racist effects of the actual teaching of the book done in the district, and the district leaders found it easier to ban the specific books than to either figure out if there was a pedagogical problem and, if so, address it. The problem here is not “cancel culture", but “lazy elected politicians who don't take their duties seriously”.
- ReptileMan 6y ago
  Well the whole cancel culture is based exactly on that. The laziness of submitting to the crowd instead of taking a principled stand.
billfruit 6y ago
Then what will they do about Huckleberry Finn?