School Yanks Literary Classic Because It ‘Makes People Uncomfortable’

Source: RedState | October 14, 2017 | Jon Street

It’s a literary classic found in just about every junior high and high school classroom across America. But one school district is now pulling “To Kill A Mockingbird” from students’ lesson plans for an absolutely insane reason.

The Biloxi School District in Biloxi, Mississippi, said it made the decision this week to no longer have eighth grade students read the book after the school received some “complaints.”

“There is some language in the book that makes people uncomfortable, Kenny Holloway, vice president of the Biloxi School Board, told the Biloxi Sun Herald.

“We can teach the same lesson with other books,” Holloway added.

One Sun Herald reader described the move as “one of the most disturbing examples of censorship I have ever heard, the newspaper reported. The reader said that “the themes in the story humanize all people regardless of their social status, education level, intellect, and of course, race.”

“It would be difficult to find a time when it was more relevant than in days like these,” they added.

“To Kill A Mockingbird” was published in 1960. A year later, in 1961, the book won a Pulitzer prize and the very next year, in 1962, the story was turned into a Oscar-winning movie.

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  • Consistent October 14, 2017 at 10:53 am #19281

    Consistent October 14, 2017 at 11:00 am #19282

    EVERYDAY October 14, 2017 at 1:38 pm #19285

    Just who is “uncomfortable” with To Kill A Mockingbird? Besides the commie education system which is determined to keep our young people ignorant of the past. After all, an uneducated populace with no knowledge of history is much easier to control.

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