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

     

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Published: 04.11.2004.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
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  • Essays 'School District Bans To Kill a Mockingbird because of racist language. Do you ag', 1.
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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 happening now in our current time, in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Recently, a panel of school officials has taken "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, off the freshmen r…

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