Where "classic literature" is specifically defined as: “(B) CLASSIC WORKS OF LITERATURE.—The term ‘classic works of literature’ means the works of literature (

Where "classic literature" is specifically defined as: “(B) CLASSIC WORKS OF LITERATURE.—The term ‘classic works of literature’ means the works of literature (including translations of such works)— “(i) included in the Great Books of the Western World (second edition, 1990), published by Encyclopaedia Britannica; “(ii) referenced in the article ‘Classics Every Middle Schooler Should Read’ by Thomas Purifoy, Jr. and published by Compass Classroom (as such article appeared on the date of enactment of this subsection); and “(iii) referenced in the article ‘Classics Every High Schooler Should Read’ by Mary Pierson Purifoy and published by Compass Classroom (as such article appeared on the date of enactment of this subsection). Of the first, "The selection of authors has come under attack, with some dismissing the project as a celebration of European men, ignoring contributions of women and non-European authors" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Books_of_the_Western_World https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Books_of_the_Western_Wor... Of the latter two, Thomas Purifoy, Jr. is a Young Earth Creationist. Mary Pierson Purifoy is, I believe, his 26 year old homeschooled daughter, who then went to Liberty University, a conservative, private evangelical Christian. Compass Classroom develops materials for Christian Homeschooling. That sounds like a deliberate bias towards a white, male, English, Christian subset of classic literature. Not only doesn't they include something like "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", it doesn't look like they even include Les Misérables, which we read in school. While the first list includes Freud's "The Sexual Enlightenment of Children"??? Yeah, go ahead and explain why students should read that but not have an explicit allowance for Les Misérables.