Posted on 01/27/2009 7:26:36 AM PST by big black dog
An American English teacher has called for novels which use the word "nigger" to be removed from the high school curriculum now that Barack Obama has been elected president.
John Foley, who teaches at Ridgefield High School in southern Washington, believes classics of American literature such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men should no longer be required reading for students. "The time has arrived to update the literature we use in high school classrooms. Barack Obama is [president] of the United States, and novels that use the 'N-word' repeatedly need to go," he wrote in an opinion piece for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. "Some might call this apostasy; I call it common sense. Obama's victory signals that Americans are ready for change. Let's follow his lead and make a change that removes the N-word from the high school curriculum."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
ah....newspeak must prevail.
There is never anything quite so ridiculous as a high school english teacher.
So full of themselves.
Let's start with hip hop, shall we?
But of course, all the books that use the word "cracker" will remain.
Ignorant bastard has never heard of Joseph Conrad’s “The Nigger of the Narcissus”!
Oh, right -— his “profession” is American literature...
I hope he includes the term guilt-ridden white males of
unknown sexual leanings!
I know - let’s have a book burning!
“Let’s start with hip hop, shall we?”
Ah! You win! An excellent point!
Colonel, USAFR
So these teachers want students NOT to be taught about the racism of the past? Interesting. I thought all libs wanted to drone on and on about it and never let anyone forget for a second that it happened.
And it’s time for the “Jefferson’s” to be taken off the air for their use of “honkey” and “cracker”. John Wayne because he says “injuns”. “Tora, Tora, Tora” = japs. “Driving Miss Daisy” = colored. “Goodfellas” = wap. (what a dips##t)
erase what really happened... including the Holocaust.
Idiots! no LIBERAL IDIOTS!
Maybe they can feed the school furnaces with such books. Alternative energy.
“So these teachers want students NOT to be taught about the racism of the past”?
...good point. How will they rationalize reperations taxes?
May she also campaign to remove from student dances sporting events private ipods ansd other devices, any and all all music and rap that contains the word “nigger”?
Ignorance is strength!
And don't forget affirmative action and other race-based legislation!
A lot of black comedians are gonna lose business too!
Chris Rock - Nigga Please - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jqfbLI1LLc
No offense to teachers (I work at a school district) but he’s right, High school English teachers were SOOO cocky and arrogant.
What is it about SOME teachers thinking because of their profession that the world owes them something?
She being too stupid to realize each of these novels is (very effectively) anti-racist.
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