![]() ![]() “Rather than denying children access to specific works of literature, perhaps we should introduce them with a subtext highlighting how times have changed and what we can learn from them. “Before imposing any form of censorship, we should have a meaningful debate about what the policy for excluding specific books should be. “I believe that completely removing certain works from the syllabus would be a mistake. However, officials criticised this move, who say censoring literature is not the way to educate today’s youth. Who tf decided that the one book schoolkids read about racism is from a white woman who can't write? Despite race playing a central part in the novel, all of the central characters are white. The book addresses issues of rape, racism, and the criminal justice system during America’s Great Depression. The novel is narrated by Scout Finch, a six-year-old tomboy who lives with her lawyer father Atticus and her ten-year-old brother Jem. To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the classics taught across the country. ![]() The representation of people of colour is dated, and the use of the N-word and the use of the white saviour motif in Mockingbird these have led us as a department to decide that these really are not texts we want to be teaching third year any more.” “Their lead characters are not people of colour. “They are now taught less frequently because those novels are dated and problematical in terms of decolonising the curriculum. “Probably like every English department in the country, we still have Of Mice and Men and To Kill a Mockingbird the shelves. Mr Crosbie spoke at the annual meeting of the EIS teaching union: Allan Crosbie, the curriculum leader for English at the school, is also banning Of Mice and Men in a bid to ‘decolonise’ the curriculum. James Gillespie’s High School in Edinburgh has banned the teaching of Pulitzer-winning To Kill a Mockingbird over fears of it promoting a “white saviour” narrative. Could this usher in a reenvisioning of the classics? ![]()
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