Posted on 08/23/2013 11:32:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Common Core Education has sparked political controversy since the U.S. Department of Education decided to adopt its curriculum nationwide in both public and private schools. The Common Core website lists “exemplar texts” by grade which they recommend for reading and one in particular has some parents taking action. The Common Core recommends a book for 11th and 12th graders by Nobel Prize winning author Toni Morrison called “The Bluest Eye”. The excerpts from the book are too pornographic to post here but you can choose to read them here at this link. The Bluest Eye depicts detailed accounts of incest, rape and pedophilia as “friendly”, “innocent” and “tender”. The biggest issue with the book is that the story is told from the pedophile’s point of view so the reader can become a “co-conspirator” with the rapist. The author purposely did not portray the pedophile’s actions as wrong so the reader can “sympathize” with the pedophile.
Politichicks reported:
Obviously the reason behind some parents calls for removing the book are the graphic depictions of incest, rape and pedophilia. And not just that, the book actually lets the reader see the depictions from the perpetrators point of view. In fact, the author of the book, Morrison, says that she wanted the reader to feel as though they are a “co-conspirator” with the rapist. She took pains to make sure she never portrayed the actions as wrong in order to show how everyone has their own problems. She even goes as far as to describe the pedophilia, rape and incest “friendly,” “innocent,” and “tender.”
It’s no wonder that this book is in the top 10 list of most contested books in the country. The Bluest Eye is the story of Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl, who prays every day for beauty: for the blond hair and blue eyes that she believes will allow her to fit in. As her life begins to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife, such as being raped by her father and beaten by her mother, she finally appeals to Soaphead Church, a pedophile, to help her attain blue eyes. After being impregnated by her father, she loses her baby and ultimately loses her mind.
Macey France goes on to explain why this is no different than child pornography:
Using just the smallest amount of common sense we can deduce that if the book cannot be read aloud in the class, could not be viewable if it was a movie and couldn’t be played on the stereo if it was a CD, then why is it okay for it to be read and discussed; in school of all places! In fact, according to one lawyer, if the incidents in this book were a movie or a picture there would be a very clear cut case for prosecution for child pornography.
The Blaze has more on the story as well.
It appears as though the commie libs are trying to turn all American children into freaky sex addicts.
By making children hostage to their base desires, they won’t be able to resist anything else.
Actually, I’ve been waiting for this.
Notice the name of the book ? to shape the view point of Caucasians ?
Author almost sounds wistful.
Wonder what digging in her past would uncover.
The only way to parley with a vampire is to drive a stake through his heart.
Whatever did they give this hag the Nobel for?
Next: the Oprah Nobel.
NYC starts them at 11 don’t they? 11 years old not 11th grade.
In the late 70’s, NYC schools considered it a success in first grade if you could print your name and knew the colors orange and purple.
(Flushing Queens!)
I hope so. It will be the final nail in the worthless Nobel Peace prize. Not only did Obambi do NOTHING to deserve it, but remember that Arafat with all his intifadas against Israel with all the buss bombings, cafe bombings, wedding bombings, etc., got a peace prize just because he went to Camp David. For those who followed at the time, Arafat was offered some 90% of his demands and turn down the last 10%. So he got a Peace Prize simply because he showed up. Pfft.
But now Obambi got a Peace Prize because of his intentions rather than actions.
Next up is man/animal love. They will extrapolate our love for dogs/cats into some kind perverted sexual love. Watch.
if you think giving kids porn is great, but giving them sodas are evil, you may just be a liberal.
Not the peace. This child-porn author got the Nobel for literature.
I routinely come across articles describing alarming amounts of stress, alienation, and depression among teens in the US and then I look at the reading material they are offered...no...required to read:
“As her life begins to disintegrate in the face of adversity and strife, such as being raped by her father and beaten by her mother, she finally appeals to Soaphead Church, a pedophile, to help her attain blue eyes. After being impregnated by her father, she loses her baby and ultimately loses her mind.
This book was originally published in 1970. If you find this book on Amazon, you will see that it was an April 2000 Oprah book club selection. The majority of the people gave the book a five star rating. About five years ago, my son had to read this in college, but he never told me what it was about.
They are stealing our children one by one and ever so slowly eroding their morals. This has been going on a long, long time and common core is just one small example. When are we going to wake up?
>> required to read:
That’s some freaky shit.
They are pulling all stops in their promotion of every vile thing they can think of .Until Americans repent nothing is going to change . People who call themselves Christians are the first one that need to repent .
You’re not gonna believe this...uhhh...yes you will.
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