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Community => Society and History => Topic started by: Lana Reverse on December 03, 2016, 02:48:03 pm

Title: Classic anti-racism novels banned... for racial slurs
Post by: Lana Reverse on December 03, 2016, 02:48:03 pm
(Not sure if this is is the right place)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/virginia-school-district-bans-2-classic-american-novels-for-racial-slurs-205910809.html (https://www.yahoo.com/news/virginia-school-district-bans-2-classic-american-novels-for-racial-slurs-205910809.html)

By that logic, we should ban MLK speeches because he said "negro" sometimes.
Title: Re: Classic anti-racism novels banned... for racial slurs
Post by: ironbite on December 03, 2016, 03:22:02 pm
Yeah Virginia is special.  Thank god the North portion of the state(mine) can keep it from going totally batshit.

Ironbite-also quickest way to get kids to do something?  Ban it.