A 2000 photo of a copy of Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird.” (Nate Parsons/The Washington Post)A Minnesota school district is dropping two classic novels, “To Kill a Mockingbird” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” from its required reading list because of the books’ liberal use of a racial slur. Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” a book about racism in the United States, has long been targeted for removal from libraries and schools. The Biloxi School District later backtracked, allowing students to read the book if they wanted to — but only if their parents allowed it. In 2016, a Virginia school district pulled copies of both books from classrooms and libraries after receiving a complaint from a parent. Read more:School district weighs ban of ‘Mockingbird,’ ‘Huckleberry Finn’ after complaintHarper Lee, elusive author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ is dead at 89The top 10 books most challenged in schools and libraries

Source: Washington Post February 07, 2018 22:05 UTC