Eric JenningsJun 15, 2023
Christopher Mims

Student in AP English class gets award-winning memoir of famous Black author banned from curriculum on grounds that it "made me feel uncomfortable" and "ashamed to be a Caucasian."

Vagueness of South Carolina’s new laws governing teaching about race are what made this possible.

https://popular.info/p/why-a-south-carolina-high-school

#race #books #bookbans

Why a South Carolina high school decided to censor Ta-Nehisi Coates

Mary Wood teaches English literature at Chapin High School in Chapin, South Carolina. Wood, who has been teaching for over a decade, offers a variety of honors courses, including Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition. AP courses give high school students the opportunity to earn college credit. To get credit, students must receive a passing score on an exam produced by the College Board, the same organization that produces the SAT.

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Jun 15, 2023 at 11:16amWeb
Show threadJohn MeadowsJun 15, 2023
@mimsical Thanks to the right, the US is a world leader in bigotry and ignorance, and in every other country in the west the right wants to do the same thing. To be white means collectively never having to say you’re sorry, or acknowledge privilege.
Show threadJesseJun 15, 2023
@mimsical "ashamed to be a caucasian" Something about the call coming from inside the house...
Show threadSeppo HelavaJun 15, 2023
@mimsical if you’re reading something and get it censored because it makes you feel ashamed to be Caucasian, the thing you’re doing *right now* is the thing you should be ashamed of.
Show threadDennis ClarkJun 15, 2023
@mimsical Vagueness is not really the problem here; if the laws were better-drafted they would still ban teaching about race in ways conservative elites oppose. The people who made these laws did not err — “redlining happened and has bad systemic consequences for Black people today” is the exact thing they wanted to ban teaching.
Show threadChristopher MimsJun 15, 2023
@dbfclark true
Show threadSentient BeingJun 15, 2023
@mimsical Feeling uncomfortable is an indicator of thinking and deeper learning. But no, let's not permit that.
Show threadKimJun 15, 2023
@mimsical AP should put a question on that book in the exam. FAFO
Show threadJill MinorJun 15, 2023
@mimsical @LeRoyWesterling honestly, how can a memoir be a threat to anyone? We all need to read the stories of a variety of people who are different from us.