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Originally Posted by libramunoz
But back to the topic at hand--people want to avoid having to deal with confrontation within their lives. Having to have a book as controversial (sp) as To Kill A Mockingbird or Huckleberry Finn would mean that they might have to look within themselves-even if just for a quick second. It would sometimes mean that they would have to question themselves and question the way that they may have raised (or are raising) their children.
While trying to "prevent" them from being exposed to the "reality" of the "real world," these books promt the child to have to understand that this is part of the real world. It's again, not something that people want to face for themselves when they are in their own world-ie at home.
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I guess I'm in the minority who thinks TKAM and HF are not "must reads." I don't remember much about either book. I also don't remember whether my predominantly Black school made us read them or whether my parents made me read them. That's how unprofound they were and are, as far as I'm concerned.
There are much better sources of fiction and nonfiction if families and schools want people to have doses of reality and hints of confrontation regarding race.
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