Cenk Uygur
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Why 'To Kill A Mocking Bird' Is Being Banned
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October 18, 2017
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October 18, 2017
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6:43Now PlayingA school in Biloxi Mississippi is taking ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ out of the curriculum. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you why this is a such a bad idea. Tell us what you think in the comment section below. Join TYT
"BILOXI, Miss. — “To Kill a Mockingbird” is being removed from a junior-high reading list in a Mississippi school district.
The Sun Herald reports that Biloxi administrators pulled the novel from the 8th-grade curriculum this week. School board vice president Kenny Holloway says the district received complaints that some of the book’s language “makes people uncomfortable.”
Published in 1960, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee deals with racial inequality in a small Alabama town.
A message on the school’s website says “To Kill A Mockingbird” teaches students that compassion and empathy don’t depend upon race or education. Holloway says other books can teach the same lessons.
The book remains in Biloxi school libraries.
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