[aisle] Should it stay or should it go?

[Wilson, Butch]

I'm with them. It should stay.

" Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it "
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Butch Wilson
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On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:29 PM Christine Wilson via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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
>
> 847.727.6743
>
>
> 'Who needs a librarian when you have Google? Well, who needs a doctor when
> you have WebMD?'
>
> Gwyneth Jones, The Daring Librarian.com
>
>
> 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!"
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