[Chickensoup]

I find this really funny. Jim is the hero and the moral center of the story, yet people do not want to read the story.

My daughter who is black tells me all the readings at all the Highschools are about black women victims...they are abused and sexually promiscuous. My daughter was embarrassed. This is how the left views blacks.

[Stoat]

I find this really funny. Jim is the hero and the moral center of the story, yet people do not want to read the story.

Yes, it makes no sense at all, and is the result of several factors, including but not limited to

• A disinterest on the part of some parents to actually read the book and to develop an interest in understanding it's true meaning and significance.
• The overwhelming 'victim' mentality that is eagerly embraced by an unfortunately large number of people
• The numerous Governmental and non-Government organizations and agencies that foster and perpetuate this victimhood mentality
• The social acceptance of shouting "RACISM!" at the slightest provocation
• The choking, smothering and all-pervasive prevalence of Television in our culture, which for many replaces literature as well as serving to crush the mental abilities to find subtleties and broader meanings in stories
  
  My daughter who is black tells me all the readings at all the Highschools are about black women victims...they are abused and sexually promiscuous. My daughter was embarrassed. This is how the left views blacks.

I'm terribly saddened to hear that your daughter is being subjected to this, but she is very lucky to have a parent as yourself who recognizes the problem, takes an interest in her education (many don't) and can disprove the lies that they are trying to indoctrinate her with.

I'm wondering if you have considered homeschooling or a focused self-study regimen for her, as this will be a problem that will only get worse in College?

There are many here on this thread and elsewhere on Free Republic who can give you far better specific recommendations on pursuing this option than myself (sadly, I was never Blessed with children).

A route that I have been pursuing has been the Great Books Ten Year Reading Plan (this is free and the books should be available at most libraries, as well as being freely available online)

Ten Year Reading Plan

There is also the Great Books Lifetime Reading Plan

Fadiman and Major. New Lifetime Reading Plan, 4th ed.

Amazon.com The New Lifetime Reading Plan The Classical Guide to World Literature, Revised and Expanded Books Clifton Fadiman,John S. Major