After a convoluted series of events spanning at least a decade, the school board in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana last week removed Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird from classrooms throughout the district. After some parents of high school students recently complained that the book contained “offensive language” and “themes…[that] may not be suitable for children,” district officials conveniently remembered that it had already been banned there in 2000. Only newer teachers, who were unaware of the ban, had been using it in class, but their students didn’t get a chance to finish reading the book before it was pulled.
This is quite interesting and confusing at the same time. To read the rest of this article by Maren Williams click on the provided link: http://cbldf.org/2013/10/to-kill-a-mockingbird-re-banned-in-louisiana-school-district/