Nicole Russell, Washington Examiner: Banning books, especially 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' in the name of political correctness is absurd
Schools in the Duluth school district in Northern Minnesota will no longer require high school students to read two classic novels, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, because it might bother their feelings. The Star Tribune reports Duluth schools will keep the books in the library, but the kids won’t study them in English class, due to the “racial slurs” in the novels.
Revising or erasing history, even artistic interpretations of time periods, does a grave disservice to the very students whose “feelings” they are trying to protect.
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