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Banned Books published by Google
Lens Hood Man writes "Marking the 25th anniversary of Banned Books Week, Google is inviting users to celebrate their freedom to read by making Banned Books available to all. From the Google Blog: "...you can use Google Book Search to explore some of the best novels of the 20th century which have been challenged or banned." Those books challenged this year include 'To Kill a Mockingbird' and 'Lolita'."
Shit, if the US got more "liberal" in the way the word is currently used, I'd imagine the list would be even longer. Modern leftist liberalism is all about controlling what others say and think.
:P
Now, if we're talking real, classical liberalism, well, we haven't been anywhere near it for probably a century.
Man, now I'm depressed.
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur.
wow, that list looks like my old high school's list of choices we had for books to read junior year! What the hell, lol. We actually had to read some of those and forget all that stuff about what's in them, all the ones I read on that list should be banned purely because they suck sooooooooo bad! They are so rip your hair out, eye meltingly boring and stupid that no student should ever have to read them! Why can't we read more books like Huck Finn where at least stuff happens instead of just a bunch of losers sitting around talking about crap?! Btw where was 1984 banned, China? hehehe
now stop reading and go play Dance Dance Revolution!
The main problem is that mostly white teachers choose this 46-year-old book by a white author to teach students about racism. 46 years ago, a novel by a white author was about the only way such a message could reach a wide audience, but in 2006 there have got to be better ways. Any black author knows far more about racism than Harper Lee (despite Mr. Lee's best intentions), and it's time for the curiculum to reflect that.
So you're saying these parents missed the point of the book and were racists themselves in that they assume that white teachers are less able to teach the subject and put together a curriculum than because they are white and because they assume any black author knows more about racism than any white can. That is just sad. Why is it so many people assume racism by blacks is any better than racism by whites?