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The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison's first novel, published in 1970. It tells the tragic story of Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl growing up in Morrison's hometown of Lorain, Ohio, after the Great Depression. Due to its unflinching portrayal of incest, prostitution, domestic violence, child molestation, and racism, there have been numerous attempts to ban the book from libraries and schools across the United States. Decades after it's publication, it's still a hot topic.
Turns Out, Toni Morrison Novel Will Stay on Ohio’s Common Core Guidelines
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013 | 6:30 PM
BY MOLLY BLOOM
Earlier this month, Ohio Board of Education President Debe Terhar said she wanted the Ohio Department of Education to remove mention of the Toni Morrison novel The Bluest Eye from state guidelines for schools teaching to the new Common Core academic standards. The book tells the story of a young black girl living in Lorain, Ohio, and describes scenes in which the girl’s father rapes her. Terhar called the novel “pornographic.”
Uproar ensued. The ACLU of Ohio said Terhar was wrong. The ACLU also invited Terhar and any other interested state Board of Education members to attend the ACLU’s Banned Book Week event today which, coincidentally, celebrates the work of banned African American authors.
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originally posted by: abecedarian
What do the students use to refer to the teachers and administrators?
I mean, Mr., Mrs. and Miss must obviously be off limits....
originally posted by: xuenchen
originally posted by: TycoonBarnaby
originally posted by: xuenchen
I wonder what political party dominates Lincoln, Nebraska?
Especially the School Board.
Hmmm.
Maybe it's a heavy Democrat voting pocket.
Didn't have the time to do a quick google search for Nebraska politics?
en.wikipedia.org...
Edit: Many school boards are Democratic leaning however, as are the majority of people involved in public education.
That's not showing anything specific precinct by precinct for the City Of Lincoln, Nebraska.
County and State results mean nothing.
Are the School Board members Democrat or Republican?
Is the Mayor and City Counsil D or R ?
This will tell the story.
originally posted by: eriktheawful
Seems like every day I'm thankful that I home school my son.
originally posted by: beezzer
a reply to: smithjustinb
They aren't called "liberals" anymore.
They preferred to be called, "Squishy-spined-Americans".