[Rembrandt_fan]

You wrote, "The fact is, if there are racial slurs, it doesn't belong in a public school."

Read the book, Jorge. For the love of God, just read the book. Twain's novel one of the most insightful, beautifully rendered allegories on the nature of friendship, justice, and racial equality ever written. The kind of blind, rubber-stamping censorship you advocate flies in the face of reason and all we know about the power of great literature.

[Jorge]

Read the book, Jorge. For the love of God, just read the book.

Instead of handing out reading assignments, why don't you save us both time and just address the issues raised in the article?

Twain's novel one of the most insightful, beautifully rendered allegories on the nature of friendship, justice, and racial equality ever written. The kind of blind, rubber-stamping censorship you advocate flies in the face of reason and all we know about the power of great literature.

This is all very nice, but I'm still waiting for you to explain why black children in school should have to read books with racial slurs as part of their education?

[Chena]

Read the book, Jorge. For the love of God, just read the book. Twain's novel one of the most insightful, beautifully rendered allegories on the nature of friendship, justice, and racial equality ever written. The kind of blind, rubber-stamping censorship you advocate flies in the face of reason and all we know about the power of great literature.

Well said, Rembrandt-fan.