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  • ‘The Bluest Eye’ under fire as part of Common Core reading list, content includes incest, rape

    10/18/2013 10:36:45 AM PDT · by Nachum · 23 replies
    The Global Dispatch ^ | 8/24/13 | Brandon Jones
    Common Core, the controversial set of education standards being instituted by many state governors and education leaders, is coming under fire for its selection of a book that’s on the suggested reading list for 11th graders. 'The Bluest Eye' ok for high school students? ‘The Bluest Eye’ ok for high school students? The book, a past selection of Oprah’s Book Club, has graphic sex scenes and descriptions that make many readers blush. The work in question comes from Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison who explains her motivation for the book. Morrison, says that she wanted the reader to feel as...