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# of mice and men
is banned from most American schools
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:04, archived)
# why's that?
i've never read the book, is it hugely racist or someting?
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:07, archived)
# no
too many of the words have more than 2 syllables
(I helped save b3ta! Lord_Munkee, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:08, archived)
# psssst
According to the American Libraries Association, in 1993, the Mingus, Ariz. Union High School challenged the choice of Of Mice and Men as an appropriate English curriculum assignment because of "profane language, moral statement, treatment of the retarded, and the violent ending."

The Putnam County, Tenn. School Superintendent pulled the same book from a classroom a year later "due to the language in it." He said, "We just can't have this kind of book being taught."

The Loganville, Ga. High School (1994) also challenged its "vulgar language throughout." Herbert N. Foerstel lists Of Mice and Men as the U.S.'s second most frequently banned book inthe 1990s.

Find out about other banned books at this site.

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(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:22, archived)
# Tennesee
is hardly a core sample of the nation. (It could be a core smaple of inbred fucks, however).
(I helped save b3ta! Artamnesia, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:24, archived)
# don't ask me
i just copy and paste stuff *shrug*

having said that, it seems like the perfect sample of the us to me ;)
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:28, archived)
# That's not all.
The banning of teaching Darwinism has occurred many times through the years, only to be overturned by sane people. There is an organisation of mad christian scientists who are trying to prove that fossils and geological evidence was put there by satan.
(dawn_syndrome dawn_syndrome, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:26, archived)
# Massively.
All the black characters get killed off in the first chapter.
(dawn_syndrome dawn_syndrome, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:08, archived)
# I can't remember why
I just remember finding out and being astonished.
it's not rascist, or violent.
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:09, archived)
# Ha ha ha,
yours and algoyos posts couldn't be more different.
(I helped save b3ta! bovine I'm so old, even my old is old, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:10, archived)
# He's probably telling the truth though.
I can't read.
(dawn_syndrome dawn_syndrome, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:11, archived)
# haha
you nob!
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:15, archived)
# But I can do the Samba!
In a wheelchair.
(dawn_syndrome dawn_syndrome, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:19, archived)
# That's a ridiculous statement
It's taught in most schools. I had to read it for a class in high school.
(I helped save b3ta! Artamnesia, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:23, archived)
# Oooh, Bad Luck!
Yawnarama!
(dawn_syndrome dawn_syndrome, Tue 6 May 2003, 15:26, archived)