This one? "I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand." -Atticus F.
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Or the one
@BarackObama quoted in his farewell? "You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view...".
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If reading to kill a mockingbird makes you uncomfortable You should read to kill a mocking bird It is exactly what Harper Lee intended
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Great if you’re White. A little tougher if you’re a Black kid.
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I would guess reading a book is the among the least difficult experience with racism a black kid encounters in 2017
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I suppose. I love the novel. Love it! Taught it to many Canadian classes, but I wouldn’t want to make US Black kids and read it.
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I would be interested to know why.
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because the only Black characters in TKAM lack agency. Neither Calpurnia nor Tom grow as characters. In fact they disappear at the end. 1/2
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In fact both Tom and Calpurnia disappear at the end. They don’t matter except as vehicles for Atticus’ character development. 2/2
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I think men and women read it differently. I saw calpurnia as the mother figure, teaching scout manners at the table, how to treat a guest
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I'm uncomfortable looking at dissected frogs, reading poetry aloud, eating lunch with sporks, etc. The book was meant to be uncomfortable.
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How about there's a whole bunch of US history that makes people uncomfortable and it desperately needs to be acknowledged
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Wow these liberal's need a safe space so they can give everyone a trophy !! Back in my day we would tell those nancy-boys to be a man !!
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Good! If something makes you uncomfortable, it makes you think. Which is something that every educator should know. This is despicable.
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And so it continues...the numbing/dumbing of America.
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