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I have always been amazed at what people find offensive in certain books and want them banned. The Book, "To Kill a Mockingbird seems to head the list. I do not know if you have ever read it or seen the movie, but it is about the trial and conviction of a black man in the South coming from point of view of the daughter of the white lawyer who defends him. The lawyer proves beyond a doubt that the man is innocent and yet he is convicted to save the reputation of a white woman. It uses language that blacks find offensive and a point of view toward the whit epeople of the town that whites find portrays them in a bad light. So now once again school boards and even town libraries are banning the book, or limiting who can get the book. We have become a nation that is no longer able to look at itself and its history. In that way we have become a nation of pansies and are teaching our children to be the same.
 
independentusa said:
I have always been amazed at what people find offensive in certain books and want them banned. The Book, "To Kill a Mockingbird seems to head the list. I do not know if you have ever read it or seen the movie, but it is about the trial and conviction of a black man in the South coming from point of view of the daughter of the white lawyer who defends him. The lawyer proves beyond a doubt that the man is innocent and yet he is convicted to save the reputation of a white woman. It uses language that blacks find offensive and a point of view toward the whit epeople of the town that whites find portrays them in a bad light. So now once again school boards and even town libraries are banning the book, or limiting who can get the book. We have become a nation that is no longer able to look at itself and its history. In that way we have become a nation of pansies and are teaching our children to be the same.
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No one should be able to decide for others what to read
 
independentusa said:
I have always been amazed at what people find offensive in certain books and want them banned. The Book, "To Kill a Mockingbird seems to head the list. I do not know if you have ever read it or seen the movie, but it is about the trial and conviction of a black man in the South coming from point of view of the daughter of the white lawyer who defends him. The lawyer proves beyond a doubt that the man is innocent and yet he is convicted to save the reputation of a white woman. It uses language that blacks find offensive and a point of view toward the whit epeople of the town that whites find portrays them in a bad light. So now once again school boards and even town libraries are banning the book, or limiting who can get the book. We have become a nation that is no longer able to look at itself and its history. In that way we have become a nation of pansies and are teaching our children to be the same.
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Where is the book being banned?

Edit- A quick Google says it sometimes gets banned from elementary and middle schools because of rape and racial slurs that are considered inappropriate for young children. Biloxi, Mississippi being the first result of my Google search.
 
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tshade said:
No one should be able to decide for others what to read
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Some books are considered by schools to be innapropriate for young children. Some literature available in high schools is banned from elementary schools.
 
independentusa said:
I have always been amazed at what people find offensive in certain books and want them banned. The Book, "To Kill a Mockingbird seems to head the list. I do not know if you have ever read it or seen the movie, but it is about the trial and conviction of a black man in the South coming from point of view of the daughter of the white lawyer who defends him. The lawyer proves beyond a doubt that the man is innocent and yet he is convicted to save the reputation of a white woman. It uses language that blacks find offensive and a point of view toward the whit epeople of the town that whites find portrays them in a bad light. So now once again school boards and even town libraries are banning the book, or limiting who can get the book. We have become a nation that is no longer able to look at itself and its history. In that way we have become a nation of pansies and are teaching our children to be the same.
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******s is the more accurate term. Your welcome.
 
roguenuke said:
There was a guy a few years back who wanted Fahrenheit 451 banned because he claimed it was anti-Christian because it talked about burning the Bible.

Some people are nuts.
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Some?!? 🤨
 
d0gbreath said:
It was first published in the summer of 1960. 61 years later it's deemed inappropriate?
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It's been controversial since it's been published.
 
Grand Mal said:
It probably wasn't put in elementary school libraries in some places in 1961 either.
I think the movie was rated 'pg' too.
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If memory serves they hadn't yet come up with movie ratings yet when that movie was released.

At least not any ratings we're used to seeing today.
 
The lord of the rings trilogy was in my middle school library. As was Roots.
 
less right said:
If memory serves they hadn't yet come up with movie ratings yet when that movie was released.

At least not any ratings we're used to seeing today.
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Must be how it was rated when ratings came in. Something that Google brought up said it was PG.

Here it is...
parentpreviews.com

To Kill A Mockingbird

Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning boo, this film adaptation skillfully explores prejudice, racial and otherwise, all from a child's point of view.
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Have to scroll down to...
"Why is To Kill A Mockingbird rated PG? To Kill A Mockingbird is rated PG by the MPAA"
 
Grand Mal said:
It probably wasn't put in elementary school libraries in some places in 1961 either.
I think the movie was rated 'pg' too.
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I doubt it's being put in elementary school libraries now.
If I am proven wrong, that's worth more than an arched eyebrow...who's bright idea was that?
 
Stupid stupid stupid. Repukes apparently do not know what reading is about, don't know what learning is and are about as clueless on this topic as they are on just about everything else.

But "racial prejudice, injustice and just plain dumbassery" are behind us. Ah-huh.
 
Just a few days ago To Kill a Mockingbird was voted the best book of the last 125 years by readers of the NYT.

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What’s the Best Book of the Past 125 Years? We Asked Readers to Decide. (Published 2021)

Thousands of you voted, and chose a clear favorite: “To Kill a Mockingbird.” But the winner is only part of the story.
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In October, as we marked the Book Review’s 125th anniversary, we invited readers to nominate the best book published during that time. This was a nod to our history: In its first few decades, the Book Review often asked readers to anoint the best books, the best short stories, the best poems. We wanted this project, like those early ones, to reflect readers’ tastes and preferences.
Responses began pouring in from all 50 states and 67 countries. In November, we presented a list of the 25 most-nominated books (one per author) for a vote. After tallying more than 200,000 ballots, the winner, by a narrow margin, is …

THE WINNER​

To Kill a Mockingbird​

By Harper Lee
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It amazes me that it would be "banned" in some places.

I saw Jeff Daniels play Atticus on Broadway just before the pandemic shut things down. Amazing performance that played to full houses night after night.
 
tshade said:
No one should be able to decide for others what to read
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Was someone trying to force others to read a book?? Or just revoking the opportunity to read a book?
 
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