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Old 02-05-2006, 09:46 AM
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Lil, I just recalled an episode from high school that I suppose might loosly tie in with this topic & the "LBS" thing, as well you might find of interest as a techer. In 10th grade English, the whole class was assigned reading Huck Finn (certainly a classic of American literature), couple months later our teacher told us she had just found that it had just gone on the list of forbidden books in school (mostly for the use of the "N" word), & she begged us all to not mention to ANYBODY that she had assigned it...I had found the book fairly entertaining, & while I can understand how some might find it offensive, I thought the book was the OPPOSITE of racist (the boys were befriending a slave & helping him escape, after all), & Twain was just using the authentic language that would have been used by a Missouri boy in the 1800's...
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