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Washington state
backgound
Published in 1960
won a pulizer in 1961
blockbuster movie 1962
Monroeville Alabama
Plot summary
Tom Robinson falsely accused of raping a white woman
Atticus Finch is assigned to defend Robinson
It is discovered that the rape victim was the aggressor
but the jury convicts Robinson anyhow.
Robinson is fatally shot while attempting a prison escape
Why it was removed (ostensibly) from a recommended reading list (Wonder if the Bible is on the list)
Background of the banning (ostensibly)
• Union for Students of African Ancestry complained
• Misrepresented him and others
• Did not move her
• White teen read the n-word aloud (allowed)
• The plot wasn't good
• Black plus 3 white teachers
Why ban, in reality?
• Virtue signalling
“I heard kids talking about it,” said Rachel Johnson, one of the Kamiak teachers who campaigned against the novel. “I heard kids feeling isolated.”
• Suggests racism was non-existent in 1960
Neither banned nor recommended
Yes this is a form of narcissism
entitled to make unwarranted decisions for others
• Ignores black on white violence
• Demonizes white southerners
• White guilt a form of gaslighting
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