<div dir="ltr">I agree that a more recent biography would be more likely to circulate. I would not get rid of it for the derogatory term "nigger". We should have books that reflect accurate information about Black history and historically correct terms. We should never hide the truth, but seek out teachable moments to have teacher guided discussions of such topics. The library should include these resources for teachers.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 2:04 PM Emily Adams via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I recognise that I'm a very young librarian...but that book was published before I was born. 😬 Since it's older than I am, if a staff member wants to get rid of it, I probably won't fight them too hard, but I'd definitely replace it with something more recent.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:41 PM Lorna Code via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">The difference I see here between TKM and this book is that the child will be reading it at a young age with no teacher commentary or guidance while TKM is most often read as a class under the direction of the teacher. <br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail-m_-8669365560065406101gmail-m_8508974966951580956gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">Lorna Code</font><div>Library Information Specialist</div><div>Kaneland High School</div><div>Junior and Senior Class Advisor</div><div>(630) 365-5100 X71221</div><div><a href="mailto:lorna.code@kaneland.org" target="_blank">lorna.code@kaneland.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><span><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000" face="Merriweather, Georgia, serif"><span style="font-style:italic;font-size:14px">"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." - </span><font size="1">Martin Luther King, Jr.</font></font></p></span><div style="display:block"><p style="font-style:italic"><font color="#a64d79"><i style="font-size:12.8px"></i><br></font></p><p style="font-style:italic"><br></p><p style="font-style:italic"><br></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, May 16, 2019 at 1:29 PM Christine Wilson via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info" target="_blank">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-m_-8669365560065406101gmail-m_8508974966951580956gmail-m_2280432393860492465ydpa486fb70yahoo-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="gmail-m_-8669365560065406101gmail-m_8508974966951580956gmail-m_2280432393860492465ydpa486fb70signature"><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? 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