This battle will never end.
According to the Minneapolis (Minnesota) Star Tribune, two of the usual targets of school censorship have now been removed from the curriculum at public schools in Duluth, Minnesota. Yep, you guessed it: they’re The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mockingbird, and you know why they’re banned: they contain the “n-word”. And that word makes students “uncomfortable”. But as a sop to those who think those books are essential reading for students—like me—the school district is being magnanimous and will leave the books in the school library for “optional reading”.
As the paper reports:
“The feedback that we’ve received is that it makes many students feel uncomfortable,” said Michael Cary, director of curriculum and instruction for the district. “Conversations about race are an important topic, and we want to make sure we address those conversations in a way that works well for…
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