[CASL-L] CBS News: School district pulls "To Kill A Mockingbird" over "uncomfortable" language

CAITLIN CARBONELL ccarbonell at waterbury.k12.ct.us
Mon Oct 16 11:47:34 PDT 2017


If you're uncomfortable by To Kill a Mockingbird, you're exactly the audience that should be reading it.

Caitlin Carbonell
School Librarian
Sprague Elementary School
203-574-8189
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From: Matthew Cadorette [MCadorette at waterfordschools.org]
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 2:13 PM
To: 'Christopher Barlow'; CASL-L
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] CBS News: School district pulls "To Kill A Mockingbird" over "uncomfortable" language

Making us uncomfortable would seem to be the job of art.

From: CASL-L [mailto:casl-l-bounces at mylist.net] On Behalf Of Christopher Barlow
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 12:49 PM
To: CASL-L
Subject: [CASL-L] CBS News: School district pulls "To Kill A Mockingbird" over "uncomfortable" language

FYI in case you hadn't heard about this.

Chris Barlow
Library Media Specialist
Wooster Middle School
Stratford

School district pulls "To Kill A Mockingbird" over "uncomfortable" language
CBS News

"There is some language in the book that makes people uncomfortable," the school board's vice president says Read the full story<https://apple.news/AcJzojUZ5QFSABMY4Bj2LJQ>
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