[Mrs. Don-o]

The mother of the "impacted" teenager is an idiot. She doesn't even realize that these "offensive" novels are actually powerful anti-racist classics.

Or maybe she's the one who's "impacted." Knowwhatimean?

[morphing libertarian]

It is the school admin who are idiots. It is their responsibility to provide education and protect students from idiot parents

[wardaddy]

Finn I adored and found the feud so sad

But Mockingbird was a bit hamfisted

Like The Help of its day

I grew to detest it

But I love Huckleberry Finn

[TIElniff]

“She doesn’t even realize that these “offensive” novels are actually powerful anti-racist classics.”

Here’s an analogy: It’s like looking at the windshield of your car. If you just look at the glass, all you’ll see are the dings and chips, bird droppings, mud or ice, and smears, etc. But is you look through the glass, you’ll see the world outside.

In like manner, if all you see in “To Kill a Mockingbird” are the racial smears, then you miss the whole meaning of not killing a mockingbird—Addison Finch, Tom Robinson, Boo Radley are all the mockingbirds that get “killed” in one way or another. Teachers should teach students to look through the glass, not at the glass.