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ggma

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10. I wasn't advancing an opinion;

Reply to gg59 (Reply #9)

Mon Nov 6, 2023, 09:25 PM

Nov 2023

I was asking if I was correct in my reading; that the students voicing their discomfort were of color. That's all.

It's not your decision as to what I should feel. I'm a person of color who can think for myself.

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Students hated 'To Kill a Mockingbird.' Their teachers tried to dump it. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 OP

Truth can be painful Bayard Nov 2023 #1

My thoughts are to assign watching the movie in class, rather than reading the book FakeNoose Nov 2023 #2

Yes it hurts, that's the IDEA. elleng Nov 2023 #3

I don't get how "progressive" teachers wouldn't want to teach this book groundloop Nov 2023 #4

What I got from the article ggma Nov 2023 #5

That's what it seemed like to me. electric_blue68 Nov 2023 #8

I didn't get even that much -- I just got mad gg59 Nov 2023 #9

I wasn't advancing an opinion; ggma Nov 2023 #10

I agree with one of the responses after the article Diamond_Dog Nov 2023 #6

Historically there's so much literature that could offend women, but we still have to know what women faced Timeflyer Nov 2023 #7

It's removed from the required reading list but not banned. Local articles... uppityperson Nov 2023 #11