Saturday, June 27, 2020

Banned books

Many people are concerned about the number of words which are no longer considered proper in regular conversation and even more concerned about who is determining what goes on the list. Why is one group allowed to determine what words another group uses? This idea of what is OK is now spreading to statues, structures and even street names. One of the standard books for high school students is Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird and now that is being banned along with old favorites like The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn. To illustrate how quickly things are changing Harper Lee's book was judged the number one book of the 20th century.

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