SimpleG Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2020/04/23/mat-su-school-board-pulls-five-books-from-english-courses-including-invisible-man-and-catch-22/ The books, considered literary classics, are: “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison; “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller; “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien; “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou; and “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "Hart, a federal employee, said he read a summarized version of the two books he hadn’t read before — “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Invisible Man” — and said Angelou’s work contained a graphic description of molestation that he’d be admonished for if he read it to the board." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signifyin(g)Monkey Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 14 minutes ago, SimpleG said: https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/education/2020/04/23/mat-su-school-board-pulls-five-books-from-english-courses-including-invisible-man-and-catch-22/ The books, considered literary classics, are: “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison; “Catch-22” by Joseph Heller; “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien; “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou; and “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "Hart, a federal employee, said he read a summarized version of the two books he hadn’t read before — “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” and “Invisible Man” — and said Angelou’s work contained a graphic description of molestation that he’d be admonished for if he read it to the board." Our delicate flowers must be sheltered from the awful truth-bombs of literary classics! They must grow-up in a sterile world brushed clean of any complexities and controversies! How much ya wanna bet the people who voted in favor of the ban are also anti-PC warriors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marioandsonic Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I'm surprised they didn't ban Farenheit 451 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 What. The. Fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewhyteboar Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 10 hours ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said: Our delicate flowers must be sheltered from the awful truth-bombs of literary classics! They must grow-up in a sterile world brushed clean of any complexities and controversies! How much ya wanna bet the people who voted in favor of the ban are also anti-PC warriors? Same kind of people: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyser_Soze Posted April 26, 2020 Share Posted April 26, 2020 The butter was good to cut out the knees of the lady to make for boobs, then they got rid of her knees, now she's gone all the way! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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