School District Bans To Kill a Mockingbird because of racist language. Do you agree with their decision?

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"By burning Luther's books you may rid your bookshelves of him, but you will not rid men's minds of him." This quote by, Desiderius Erasmus, was said when the Roman Empire decided to burn all of Martin Luther's books, including his famous Textus Receptus, which was a German translation of the New Testament. The Roman Empire did this because they did not want the people to learn about universal ideas and concepts. The same is …

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…hatred. By the end of the novel, she is able to appreciate their goodness, whilst not forgetting their evil. In conclusion, these are the reasons why students should not be deprived of this keepsake piece of literature, which has something that no other book can offer. By the arguments just presented, Campbell is correct in saying, "Educators who truly want to build the character of our youth should give them this gift of great literature."