My local library makes lists of all the banned books and which schools have banned them and their reasons then puts all the books out on display right in front for everyone to see.
Actually I can confirm that this book was removed off the shelfs in the library's of a school system in the eastern shore of Virginia. A good friend of mine goes there.
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Oh It started working. Hahaha :) That is a pretty good one. I was getting seriously confused about the school thing though. I have a terrible sense of humor sometimes
Many districts in NY used to have Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn as required reading. They have been removed from the list and some teachers say they are frowned upon within the schools.
These books were written in a different time when cultural norms didn't fit today's standards. The Mayans sacrificed children, should we stop studying and teaching about them?
What's funny is, books used to be banned by arch conservatives who didn't like what some books had to say. Now, it's the crowd that always preached "tolerance" that wants books banned. They they are offended, or more commonly, offended for someone else on their behalf.
This is one way politically correctness is ruining the country. At some point we may forget that words like that were commonly used even though they were denigrating to a certain group of people.
If those books are being censored because blacks can't stand hearing the N-word that's used in those books, and we also need to censor just about every rap song. Your typical rap song uses the N-word more times than most of those books.
There are 966 highschools in VA
https://k12.niche.com/rankings/public-high-schools/best-overall/s/virginia/
http://high-schools.com/directory/va/
Oh It started working. Hahaha :) That is a pretty good one. I was getting seriously confused about the school thing though. I have a terrible sense of humor sometimes
This is one way politically correctness is ruining the country. At some point we may forget that words like that were commonly used even though they were denigrating to a certain group of people.