• @[email protected]
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    41 year ago

    Contains racial slurs which are a realistic portrayal of how people would talk at the time it is set, but which are difficult for the students to hear repeated in a classroom setting, regardless of context

      • @[email protected]
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        81 year ago

        I’d agree with that. It’s probably a positive thing for children to be exposed to that sort of language in a controlled environment where the teacher can explain historical context. It’s not like they’ll be avoid racial slurs forever

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          Are you talking about white kids, or black kids though? I think the issue is that black kids unfortunately will hear that language anyway, as the targets of it, and that hearing it read out in the classroom is going to be a very different experience for them.

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            11 year ago

            If they also studied a book that contained racist terms for white people, then it would be fair in that context.

            However are there any racial slurs for white people that are as offensive as it is for black people? I don’t honestly think so.

            Societies moving on, time to drop off mice and men from the syllabus and educate as to why it was removed in a different classroom setting.

    • @MiddleWeigh
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      11 year ago

      Ya for sure I totally understand that. That’s pretty much every book published before a certain date at this point, by today’s standards. I don’t know, I’m glad I’m not the one deciding these things lol.