[aisle] Should it stay or should it go?

[Christine Wilson]

This is why To Kill a Mockingbird is challenged in so many schools. It's throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
As Kristen Rademacher noted above, "If we erase the harm done and the ways in which that harm was caused, we can’t fix it." Even worse, if we erase it, we're bound to repeat it.
I think the suggestion that leaving it and also including a newer title is a good one.

Christine Wilson

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    On Thursday, May 16, 2019, 1:25:02 PM CDT, Jill Johnson via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:  
 
 keep it.  You can add others to your collection but keep this as well.  Important for students to understand the historical use of that term.
On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:10 PM Melissa Lambert via AISLE <aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

Hi All,
A teacher wants me to discard a book. Jackie Robinson: A Life of Courage by Kieth Brandt (1992). There is a page that recounts a time during Robinson's life when he was called a nigger, see below quote. I'm inclined to keep it. What do you think? We also have an extensive reconsideration policy and procedure. 
"When he was 8 years old, his mother sent him out to sweep the sidewalk. A little girl across the street started shouting, "nigger, nigger, nigger!". Jackie was hurt. he shouted back, "You're nothing but a cracker!" MAILMAN_MIMEDEFANG
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