<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpa486fb70yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div>This is why <i>To Kill a Mockingbird</i> is challenged in so many schools. It's throwing the baby out with the bathwater.</div><div><br></div><div>As Kristen Rademacher noted above, "<span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">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.</span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">I think the suggestion that leaving it and also including a newer title is a good one.</span></span></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpa486fb70signature"><p style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:'lucida console', sans-serif;">Christine Wilson</span></p><p style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:'lucida console', sans-serif;">847.727.6743</span></p><p style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:'lucida console', sans-serif;"><br></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:'lucida console', sans-serif;">'Who needs a librarian when you have Google? Well, who needs a doctor when you have WebMD?'</span></p><p style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-size:small;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="font-family:'lucida console', sans-serif;">Gwyneth Jones, The Daring Librarian.com</span></p></div></div>
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On Thursday, May 16, 2019, 1:25:02 PM CDT, Jill Johnson via AISLE <aisle@list.railslibraries.info> wrote:
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<div><div id="yiv4876710393"><div><div dir="ltr">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.</div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv4876710393gmail_quote"><div class="yiv4876710393yqt6877928464" id="yiv4876710393yqt42818"><div class="yiv4876710393gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 12:10 PM Melissa Lambert via AISLE <<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank" href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote class="yiv4876710393gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>A teacher wants me to discard a book. <i>Jackie Robinson: A Life of Courage</i> 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. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>"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!" </div></div>
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