Thursday, November 7, 2013

To Ban or Not to Ban:


Please post your response to the following:
In response to the banning of TKAM, the Jim Crow Museum has responded with the following: "The staff of the Jim Crow Museum does not advocate the banning of  To Kill a Mockingbird. We recommend that it be read by every American. Books like To Kill a Mockingbird, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Uncle Tom's Cabin are useful tools for deep discussions about race, race relations, and racism. Books like these should not be banned because they use the 'N-word' or because they portray graphic depictions of racial bigotry. As Abraham Lincoln noted, 'We cannot escape history,' and these books are relatively accurate portrayals of sad periods in American history."

26 comments:

  1. I think it alright because it shows us how we use to treat the different kind of race.

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  2. I believe that books like to kill a mockingbird should not be band because people need to know how black and Hispanics were treated back then

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  3. Literature represents who we are at certain times in our life. Books that have derogatory (language that puts someone down) are uncomfortable to read, but they do serve a purpose. We cannot deny that we, in the United States, we very racist. If we do not look back at our history we cannot learn from it.

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  4. I believe they should not take this books away because it show how people think and act towards color people.they should put a age limit it your chose if you want to read this books or not

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  5. It okay for people to read these book but I think there should be an age limit because if a little kid read a book like this they would probably not understand the purpose.

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  6. I say they should not ban the books because it is part of our story in life. We have to now what happen in our history and learn how we could make society better.

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  7. I think the books should have age ratings on the them. To kill a mocking bird tells about racists people and segregation. The other two books says the 'n- word' too much and might not be school appropriate. To kill a mockingbird is important because some don't know how they did the legal system back during racism and how it was hard to live in the great depression.

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  8. I don't think they shooed be band but at list labels to what grade they can be read or herd.

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  9. I do not think not should be banned because it is a good book and it is history

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  10. I think we should not ban any thing racist because it helps us remember how people were treated back then

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  11. I thin you shouldn't let racism get to you. Here's how I see it, you can waist your time letting it bug you or you can move on because it's JUST WORDS.

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  12. I do not think it should be band because it sows how we should treat other races

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  13. The book should be banned because it has a lot of racism about black people. What if it was blacks calling people trailer trash and honkey and all that other racism terms they wouldn't be happy.

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  14. It shod stay because it show what this would is and still is in some ways

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  15. I don't think books like these should be aloud at school because some people might get offended or uncomfortablele. They should have age ratings too.

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  16. I think it would be a disadvantage to the people if the books, paintings, and history was cut off because there has to be something agents the law.

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  17. They should not take these books away because it shows in the back in the days people used a lot of racism.

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  18. These kind of books should be banned from school but not from like public libraiers

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  19. I do not think they should because it tells about the past

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  20. I think if you don't believe the book is appropriate then you shouldn't allow yourself or your children to read it.

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  21. It showed what happened back in the older times so you should not be banned

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  22. I believe that books like to kill a mockingbird should not be band because people need to know how black and Hispanics were treated back then....

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  23. I think that books that use a lot of racism words should not be read to young kids because they will think that those words Are ok to say.

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  24. No I don not think that they should ban it because it will show everyone that it is not right to be raises we should all treat people the same as we want people to treat us.

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