A Virginia high school has banned “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” because they use racial slurs.
The move comes after the mother of a biracial student at a Virginia school complained about the use of the n-word in the literature classics.
“I keep hearing, ‘this is a classic, this is a classic,’” said Rothstein-Williams, the white mother. “I understand this is a literature classic but at some point, I feel the children will not or do not truly get the classic part, the literature part – which I’m not disputing this is great literature. But there are so many racial slurs in there and offensive wording that you can’t get past that.”
“Cotton…we should have picked the damn stuff ourselves.”
Do they have PTAs anymore or are they illegal now?
What he said. ^^^ 🙂
“But there are so many racial slurs in there and offensive wording that you can’t get past that.”
Then you are not doing your job of training up your children to face this world.
Life would be much simpler if we banned liberalism.
“In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards.”….Mark Twain…
They can’t get past racial slurs— this is the first step of victimology, finally escalating to asking for reparations for wrongs done over centuries ago.
There are more than just physical ghettos — there are ghettos of the mind as well.
The democrat version of book burning….Heil Hillary!
Next, they’re going to ban high school sports if any black athletes are included. Wouldn’t want the tender little snow flakes to hear what blacks call each other.
It’s gay that you can’t use the word retarded anymore.
“… that you can’t get past that.”
“… that *I* can’t get past that.”
There, fixed it for you, Rothstein-Williams.
You are a racist, lady, otherwise the words wouldn’t be offensive – because words CAN’T BE offensive – only taking OFFENSE at words can be offensive.
izlamo delenda est …
Still not so bad they’re moving back to Africa, is it, though?
Her maiden name is Rothstein, so I guess they could probably move to Israel, too. Not that Israel would want them.
The new high school text: Oh look! Look and see. See spot run. etc, etc.
They don’t want to go over anyone’s head.
The objectors appear to be reveling in their voluntarily assumed pathological hypersensitivity. Such people ought not to go out in public without a guardian.
Just another hyphenated name,
stupid twitch. A real chihuahua
brained barker who would be
burning books if she was smart
enough to light a match.
How about teaching the little snowflakes not to judge people from other times by the mores of our own period in history?
Mark Twain would have hit these people with chairs, if they weren’t always sitting in them.
About time! Who reads books anymore? Now they can just concentrate on porn.
Guess she’d better stay away from Conrad, too …
izlamo delenda est …
Would they even know who Joseph Conrad is let alone Heart Of Darkness?
Not to mention “The Nigger of the Narcissus” … oops!
Shouldn’t have mentioned that!
izlamo delenda est …
Look what I found in Lucifer’s woodpile!
I agree. I feel literature should be banned, especially English literature. It serves no useful purpose any more. Most blacks don’t read and even Chris Rock, the negro intellectual/comedian said, “books are like Kriptonite to niggers.” So if you want to hide your money from a black burglar, hide it in a book . So let’s get rid of all books that mention the word “nigger.” Unless those books are written by “niggers.” Fair?
My apologies to Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele, Walter Williams and many others.
I’m just tired of this shit!
Someone should prop her eyes open and force her to watch Blazing Saddles. Her head would explode.
I’m not a racist or a holophobe, or an inti womanist, I just hate ignorant motherfuckers.
Yet, Jay Z is invited to the white house and the first fam goes to his concerts. But I bet mama is okay with all that, right?
Fahrenheit 451 is alive and well in Virginia. 🙁
First of all, what are the chances of a black kid even reading either of those books, to be offended?