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.
Well.... if it's good enough for black children, it should be good enough for white children. Can't have any more 'racism' in our laws. All children should be raped equally.
“...the U.S. Department of Education decided to adopt its curriculum nationwide in both public and private schools.”
Then those schools would not be real private...
No one will teach it to MY kid.
Raping little children. But what difference does it make?
Next: the Oprah Nobel.
The TV Miniseries ROOTS and Oprah's character in that show are responsible for all the division and racism and white guilt you see going on today.
Everything was cool prior to it. After, all the libs couldn't wait to dive into the pool of white guilt. When they get tired of swimming, instead of getting out, they throw a rope around the nearest white person, and drag them into the pool where they can ride on that persons back. This works until the non-liberal below them quits kicking. But they have more rope and plenty of non-liberals around so...
Don't know about her past, but it would appear that currently she likes to write pornographic novels involving primarily children. Of course, one does write about what one knows the best.
See what I mean. Oprah. She has met her goals in the racism area, and now she's going to destroy our children.
Those who think I'm crazy.... remember that she is the wealthiest black person in America. We all know what unlimited wealth gets you. This is what she has done with hers, over the years.
Indeed!
Godless government schools remain open in many counties and some states because ***CHRISTIAN and CONSERVATIVE PARENTS SEND THEIR CHILDREN THERE**!!!
In these counties and states, if Christians and conservatives removed their children, the entire system of godless and Marxist run indoctrination centers would immediately collapse.
( Yeah! I am shouting, jumping up and down, and having a fit.)
Why would God save this nation? Why?
1) Millions of Christians and conservatives can show up to buy a Chick-fil-A but somehow can't figure out how to legally and peacefully put an end to abortion? Really?
2) Christians and conservatives willingly agree to send their precious children into godless and Marxist-run schools. These children **WILL** learn to think and reason godlessly. They must just to cooperate in the godless classroom. And...They risk learning to be comfortable with socialism ( Marxism-lite). Hey! Any voting mob that is powerful enough to give the child tuition-free schooling is powerful enough to give them **lots** of free stuff!
At any rate she is quite the piece of work.
Bet if anyone treated any children she spawned in the fashion she wrote about, she would go into screaming hysterics and want the perp dead.
Not sure what you mean by “starts them at 11 not 11th grade”.
Are you talking sex ed? Birth control? Abortions without parental knowledge?
This is an 11th grade literature class studying this required book.
Someone correct me if this is wrong, but is this the creature that some years back Rush was publicizing as having claimed that ALL sex is rape? Even married, consensual sex is rape? And she was some kind of feminist icon?
It is already happened.
Does your child attend an institutional school? If so, please remember that nearly every teacher and school administrator in this nation ( private or government) was trained by Marxists in Marxist controlled colleges and universities.
Don’t remember, but would not doubt it!
Our son is three and I dread every day what he can potentially run into in school in the near future.
Any school district that promotes this sewage from hades should have parents storm the school boards in droves with pitch forks and machetes in hand. This is beyond outrageous to promote this in school no less,
Seriously consider continuing the homeschooling you are **already** doing now.
It really sounds like the person who wrote this is insane and completely void of any aspirations to become anything better. The child in this story has no good options. The writer lives in a dark dark abyss.
What ever happened to inspiring children to greatness. To overcoming obstacles and becoming a hero that lives happily ever after. It is as if happiness is completely and intentionally left out of public discourse.
Oh no! The travesty in allowing children to believe that joy and beauty are possible in their lives. /sarc. No wonder the world is so rapidly descending into madness.
BS. She thinks of children as debased sex objects that haven’t a choice and how perverted adults choose to raise them. Unless, of course, they are raised by descent families in which case she obviously feels some other adult, such as herself, should step in ans show them how the real world works.
She is an evil creature advocating the torture of children.
I read Sappho, Lysystrata, and De Sade in high school.
Monogamous married for 17 years. 3 kids. Reasonably well adjusted...
Liberals are consummate hypocrites. For them, it’s almost an art form...
Neither Tipper or Al Gore Jr. give a damn today. The PMRC was all about getting on the national stage for 1988’s presidential campaign.
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