A message to the parents trying to ban an award-winning novel they clearly haven’t read
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- Опубликовано: 12 янв 2024
- Jesmyn Ward’s “Salvage the Bones” begins with a birth. 15-year-old Esch, her brothers, Skeetah, Randall, Junior, and their father watch in a small, dilapidated shed as China, Skeetah’s white Pitbull, delivers puppies for the first time. One comes into the world already dead, while five fragile others are born fighting. This moment, masterfully written over the course of an entire chapter, introduces themes we will see again and again: the thin line between life and death, the intricacies of family dynamics, the all-encompassing restriction of racialized poverty, and the complexities of love. Set in the 12 days leading up to and just after Hurricane Katrina makes landfall, “Salvage the Bones” is broken down into vignettes that read as complete stories of their own. Every chapter is a single day as told to us by our Esch, our 14-year-old protagonist. The author is just as crucial as the book. Jesmyn Ward is historic: the only woman and only Black person to win the National Book Award for Fiction twice. She joins Ali Velshi on this week's Velshi Banned Book Club.
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Those who push for banning literature would scream to the heavens if their 1st amendment rights were trodden upon, yet don't have a problem taking away those same rights from others in the form of book banning.
Someone make it make sense!
AMEN BROTHER!
"Rules for thee but not for me" is a conservative staple.
@benjaminscribner7737 This book isn't banned. This book can legally be printed, legally distributed, and legally sold in the USA = not actually banned. Every single year for about 200 years books have been removed from school curriculum in the USA. "REMOVED". Not "banned". Those books "removed" from school curriculum were found to be inappropriate by conservative, liberal, as well as apolitical school administrators. If you seriously believe that only MAGA Republicans are removing books from school curriculum, you're a braindead NPC that probably also believes Velshi when he told us that violent, deadly riots were actually "mostly peaceful protests". Lay off the MSM kool-aid and stop being brainwashed by MSNPC's divisive, hate mongering rhetoric.
The First Amendment concerns the government taking action against a citizen for political speech. It has nothing to say about novels, plays, poetry, or literary essays.
@@TheMargarita1948 and as I agree with you in that, the Supreme Court has ruled that it applies to other speech as well
I have not read anything by this author but have always intended to do so. I plan to order this book the minute I finish with these comments. I also want to thank Velshi for "The Banned Book Club" segment on his show. So very needed in these times!
I'm with you *100%!!*
*Anyone's opinion about any book is invalid unless they have read that whole book.*
Wish those Bible-thumping evangelicals with their agenda of intolerance and demonization of anything "other" would read THEIR book cover to cover...and maybe read the Quran, the Veda's and the Torah as well, just to be sure they picked the right team.
Agree. Shake my head at people rubbishing Middlemarch, when they never got past the beginning.
People really need to take the time to read a book before they feel a need to ban it. If I were in high school, I would go out of my way to read a banned book. There's nothing like forbidding something to make kids want to do it.
That is how I felt about Playboy and Penthouse when I was 13. In all seriousness, if you wrote some of the text from the book this flashlight is speaking of, your comment would get pulled.
The people that want to ban books don't read.
@@Mr.White10-65comments only get pulled if someone reports it. See the difference
@@basedgamerguy818 you're serious? The Tube has an automated filtering system in place that automatically deletes posts that contain certain words and phrases. Posts that are flagged by the system are automatically deleted at the 19 second mark. Go ahead and test it for yourself. It's amusing that you make your insanely ignorant, COMPLETELY FALSE statement with such zeal and gusto!! 😂😂 Wow.
After you read a book, it great to see what your fellow classmates think with different views and opinions, under a teacher guidance
We all see the same thing differently
My niece has a PhD in English literature from Tulane, She knows I love reading, but mostly science fiction and historical fiction, and she read this and told me that if I did not read it, I would be missing out on a lot. She was right. I have read it twice and STILL don't think I have fully processed it. The world it is set is is very alien to my life experience, and yet, in many ways, so relatable.
Your a grown adult. Would you let your 12 year old child or grandchildren read this book?? Of course not.
@@neb3757 Twelve-year-old children are not taking Advanced Placement courses in high school.
Not real so it's not relevant.
@@neb3757 Notice how you immediately go to 12-year-olds when this book is CLEARLY for young adults and assigned to an AP class. That’s right-wing hysteria right there. For shame.
@@neb3757no, I would let my 15 and 17 year olds in AP classes read the book, not my 12 year old.
Go sit down and think about what you've said, you need a timeout lol
Banning Books is the opposite of Free Speech or "liberty".
"Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings." Heinrich Heine.
(he already was right once in history about it)
Jesmyn Ward talking about her books is something I'm always here for. She's so there in each moment, never rushed, she's collected, calm and calming and always always interesting.
She says the answer might be unsatisfying but it's actually a great answer. There's a personal close connection there and it's beautiful.
What I'm trying to say: I'm a fan. Of the writer and her writing.
Banning books is another example of fiction becoming nonfiction in the USA.
Banning books has already been here. Know your history. D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover. Published in Europe not here
MSNBC is the worst news network on planet earth! Everyone knows it!
Also catcher in the rhye was banned for a while in the US. Like movies, books with adult themes are not for children. Duh.
@@neb3757 Why was it banned from the US. Aren't adults allowed to decide what they can read fro themselves?
@@neb3757sure, which is why age restrictions exist. Movies are not outright banned, they're given a rating by the MPAA
_durrrrrrrrrrrtard_
Thank you Velshi. I love the authenticity of Jesmyn Ward’s writing. I just happened to get Salvage the Bones today and am currently reading. Her book belongs on the Must Read List. I am a huge fan.
None of the books on Velshi's shows are actually banned in the USA. The book(s) in question can be purchased at you local bookstore or online. Stop chugging the MSM kool-aid and think for yourself.
If you are not interested in this, then why are you here??? @@Sturmavk
@@Sturmavk The point is in the attempt to ban the book. Banning books, restricting access to certain types of education, and creating/distributing creationist school books are inherently antithetical to good education and American democracy. Putting a spotlight on books that conservatives want to ban is not just some shill for woke authors, it gives the everyday people who watch MSNBC (of which I am not, for the record) the opportunity to understand their own feelings about the book, since they most likely would not have even known about it, the attempted censorship of it, or cared to look up the summary if they had.
Regardless of Velshi's opinion, the viewer doesn't have to like that the book depicts birth, death, tragedy, and teen pregnancy. You can like all of it or none of it, you can think teen pregnancy shouldn't be in YA literature, you can think Hurricane Katrina is too intense of a setting for teens to be exposed to, but at the end of the day banning or attempting to ban the book takes valuable teaching tools away from teachers and children alike who could use them.
This sounds like an interesting and deep book, exploring a lot of concepts and provoking much discussion.
Story tellers are so important.
Those people don’t know how to read deeply or to think deeply about things like symbolism. If they read at all,they read superficially.
They definitely aren't reading the bible they claim to care about so much
Fantastic presentation of this novel & its themes & language. And I loved the interview with Jesmyn Ward.
Really appreciate the audience you're bringing to novels & novelists, Ali!!!
Hi from Ottawa 💖
Banning books is evil . Regards from a German . Die Gedanken sind frei !
Some do remember.
None of these books are banned in the USA. They can be purchased online or at your local bookstore. Stop buying into the MSM's fear mongering.
All parents should be better read than their school aged children. If they are not they are negligent
Brilliant interviewee. I can’t wait to read her book.
The author is beautiful and talented and lends hope.
❤
To grooming the fascist blue way?
Yeah, parents read the book first before you let your kids read it. Sick.
I first read dostoveysky when I was 10. they will probably try to ban his books next.
If there were religious themes, I bet you'd be in favor of banning it
@winstonsmith6607 there are adult themes in this book apparently. Research it or read it first. Not for kids
No author could possibly hope for better news than to hear conservatives are banning their book. It massively boosts sales.
I hope so.
Have your heard why it's being banned. Of course not. Your parroting what the fake news tells you to do. Reaserch it or read it your self. Its only $10
Exactly.
Heck nah
None of these books on Velshi's d0g $hit show are banned. The books can be purchases online or at your local bookstore.
Thank you Ali, beautifully articulated. Jesmyn Ward seems an incredibly thoughtful, considered and sensitive woman with a unique voice, one that deserves to be heard. I hope the book ban has the Streisand effect. In my experience, teenagers are perfectly capable of critical thinking- they are resilient and can process controversial subject matter without much fuss (and frequently do, whether we parents "let them" or not)- just let them read!
Continue doing this! I now want to read this!
Who’s stopping you?
@@tpryce6243 Florida
“Complicated stories of love from unlikely sources” - I’m sure a couple of non college random MAGA Mums in Nth Carolina understand this ….
Do you write for Kimmel?
Stinky Rump LOVES the uneducated because they're so easy to fool...
Thanks so much for providing this video!!! I'm so glad that you did.
I'm going to get this book!
so then the books isn't actually banned. How hilarious 😂😂
@@Sturmavk you realize that this discussion isn't about a national ban, right? Sit down.
@@mscheese000 you do realize that for about 200 years in the USA, books deemed inappropriate for children have been removed from school curriculum by liberal, conservative as well as apolitical school administrators? This has been an ongoing process for about 200 years. Nobody has ever considered those books removed from curriculum as being "banned". This "Banned Book Club" $hit show is just another cudgel issue being proliferated by Velshi in order to make us hate each other. If you honestly think that this process is somehow new and if you think that MAGA Republicans are the only one's removing inappropriate books from school curriculum, you're utterly braindead. Ask yourself, why doesn't Velshi cover the books that have been removed by liberal or progressive administrators? Or are you so incredibly ignorant as to think that this doesn't occur? I'm sure you also believed Velshi when he told you that violent, deadly riots were actually "mostly peaceful protests" 🤣🤣
I hadn't realized that when I purchased this book recently that it was also a challenged/banned book. One more for my collection. I look forward to reading it!
AP English? That's usually 11th or more likely 12th grade. The students here are 16, 17, 18 years old. I think they can handle this.
Then go make that case in the school district where you pay taxes.
@@tpryce6243 pathetic how little respect these parents have for their kids, isn't it?
@@SuprousOxide Who? Which parents?
the ones banning books. @@tpryce6243
Wonderful interview! Thank you!
Anyone in high school should have been introduced to enough real history, current events and fiction that they are prepared and mature enough to read challenging, brilliant literature. Depriving kids of truth, whether acquired from nonfiction or fiction, deprives them of the opportunity to develop critical thinking, understanding of complex concepts and situations, and empathy.
Should communities be free to set their own standards?
Buying it today!
So then it's not actually a banned book. You're not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Disclaimer and Trigger warning: This video contains copious amounts of truth and common sense. These values have been found to break whatever MAGA cultists use to think with.
👏👏👏
Yea, like it's not about the content, it's about who has age appropriate access to the content, Fool!
The "banned" books on Velshi's show can be purchased online or at your local bookstore. So NOT actually banned.
@@Sturmavk No. Duh.
That’s not the point. 🙄
@@bookgirlny8511 the name of the segment is "Velshi's Banned Book Club".
So glad that Edith Hamilton is still in circulation. ALSO: are these two anti-intellectuals trying to ban SHAKESPEARE?
Edith Hamilton's Mythology was the first book I bought for myself that wasn't from the Bookmobile at school. I think I was 8 or so. I was an early reader.
I learn of so many books i neex yo read. Thank you
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:05 📚 *Overview of "Salvage the Bones" by Jesmyn Ward*
- Introduction to the book "Salvage the Bones" by Jesmyn Ward.
- Key themes introduced: Life and death, racialized poverty, complexities of love.
- Setting the stage for the narrative, which takes place in the 12 days around Hurricane Katrina.
00:54 📖 *Structure of the Book*
- Breakdown of the book into vignettes, each representing a single day.
- Focus on the protagonist, Esch, and her actions during the hurricane.
- Mention of Esch's pregnancy and the complexity of her emotions.
02:15 🐶 *Love and Partnership in the Story*
- Exploration of love in the book.
- Highlighting the unique bond between Skeetah and his pit bull, China.
- Recognition of the book's ability to depict beauty and gore interchangeably.
03:22 📚 *Response to Book Complaints*
- Addressing the controversy around the book.
- Encouraging critics to read and understand the book before judging.
- Emphasizing the thought-provoking and compelling nature of "Salvage the Bones."
04:24 🌪️ *Motherhood and Mythology in the Book*
- Discussion about Esch's exploration of motherhood without proper models.
- Reference to Greek mythology, particularly the tale of Jason and the Argonauts.
- The use of mythology as a source for Esch to understand complex concepts.
06:33 🏡 *Connection to Hometown and Landscape*
- Jesmyn Ward's personal connection to the fictional town of Bois Sauvage.
- Inspiration drawn from her hometown in Mississippi.
- The significance of being rooted in family, community, and the beautiful landscape.
08:08 📜 *Diverse Epigraph Quotes*
- Inclusion of diverse quotes in the epigraph, including biblical, poetic, and rap references.
- The significance of Southern rap, particularly OutKast, in Ward's life.
- Expressing the connection between the book's themes and the chosen epigraphs.
09:20 💬 *Southern Rap and Survival Theme*
- Acknowledgment of the importance of Southern rap and OutKast in Ward's upbringing.
- The chosen OutKast lyrics expressing the characters' desire for survival.
- Linking the lyrics to the characters' struggle for existence and the need for witnesses.
10:58 🙌 *Closing Remarks and Appreciation*
- Appreciation for Jesmyn Ward's contribution to the Velshi Banned Book Club.
- Acknowledgment of the powerful impact of "Salvage the Bones."
- Expressing gratitude for Ward's insights and sharing.
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Jasmyn Ward is an extraordinarily talented woman. Two parents deciding that it should be banned is ridiculous. Why do 2 people get to decide what kids can or cannot learn?
The hate in America is palpable….sad
AP English, cuz that's where we'd find the artistry depicting the human condition.
Exactly
@@bookgirlny8511 hey there fellow AK fan!! 🐼
@@rebekahcuriel-alessi2239 Hey!! Fancy meeting you here!! I’m just a school teacher in CNY, but was born in Brooklyn. I first saw AK doing a stream in Bensonhurst and it got me hooked.
GTSY. 🥰
@@bookgirlny8511 yes, I love him!! 😊 📚 🌱
Survival is none the less, scary. Perspective of survivalist is how scary it it will seem.
Interesting writing. the lady obviously has talent. I personally am not into that style but I can appreciate the mind behind it. That pungent imagery thing can become a cliche. But the world is a better place with her in it. Why was it banned anyway?
I don't believe anyone wanting to ban and books has never read them.
Vote Marianne Williamson president in 2024. Give her a chance to debate.
Just downloaded on audible
Wow! This sounds like an absolutely extraordinary book. It sounds so deep! And of course I bet it's a bunch of white evangelists that want to get rid of the book. I stay away from people, have made a life to not connect to people, because of this increased entitled ignorance that they are going through. And yet people are trying to force me to connect. And it makes me hate them. I don't want to hurt anybody I have no interest to connect to anybody. So attacking them would connect me to them. I have no interest. I have course have other means to disconnect permanently if I choose to. I've thought about it a few times. Because this entitled ignorance really hurts me it hurts my life. And I can't find anybody to really help me. And the government want to attack me about it. It's so disgusting. The government that is supposed to help want to attack me I prefer that I don't live. They couldn't care less. Let's see Australian government for you.
Ok, I've got to read this book.
Going to buy two of these books and give them away
You're going to "buy" the books? So then they're not actually banned. Greatest self own in history 😆🤣
@@Canneveroverblue if the books can be legally printed, legally sold and legally distributed within the USA, then said books are NOT banned in the USA. Please tell me where I'm in correct.
@@Canneveroverblue so you can't actually refute the facts I provided. At least we've stablished that the books in question aren't actually "banned", but have simply been "removed" from the curriculum. Just like the hundreds, if not thousands, of books removed or replace in curriculums at reputable schools world wide every year. Velshi would have us believed said books are being totally banned. Velshi would have us believe that only MAGA Republicans have removed controversial, vulgar, or inappropriate books from school curriculums for the last 200 years. In reality this is a common practice that's been practiced by liberals, conservatives, and apolitical administrators since schools were invented. This is a biased segment with the goal of stirring the pot of hate and division. Has Velshi shown a single instance of books being removed from curriculum by liberals or Democrats? It's amusing seeing you cultists even listen to Ali Velshi and consider him a reputable actor when he's the same lying P0S that told us to our faces that violent, deadly riots were actually "mostly peaceful protests".
@@Canneveroverblue so I see you've abandoned the intellectual angle and now we see the true you shining through. Are you incapable of civil discourse? Most likely you know you've been proven wrong. A tip of the hat for bowing out rather than attempting to defend this utter nonsense that Velshi is vomiting.
Here's the thing folks. You don't have to read a book, just like you don't have to chose an abortion. People who bank books are people who have gotten back door abortions and are ashamed later.
Without hate or fear in your heart, the MAGA party can't control you.
Fascist 46 isn’t maga
@@Americasinertia Denial and transposing are virtues of all MAGA cultists. It's ok, little buddy. Everyone knows truth and common sense breaks whatever MAGA cultists use to think with.
Amen
NO BOOKS SHOULD BE BANNED PERIOD. I BOUGHT THE PENTAGON PAPERS IN EUROPE BECAUSE IT WAS BANNED IN THE US. THE BANNED BOOK LIST IS CRAZY.
The pentagon papers is not banned in the USA.
not now richard cranium. but back in 1973 it was.@@tpryce6243
Censoring books is what "snowflakes" do.
Should nothing be excluded from school curriculums?
So Penthouse, Hustler, and Playboy at school libraries is perfectly okay in your world? Why not have PornHub available in the media center as well? Right? I mean that's "censorship" if you deny kids access to PornHub at the school's media center.
Don't be stupid. Those things are already not available to children as you have to be 18 to purchase them. @@Sturmavk
WARNING
Censorship can be harmful to your
According to your logic, it's perfectly fine to have Hustler and Playboy on the shelves at school libraries. To deny children these reading materials would be censorship. Right?
@@Sturmavk wrong
Some MAGARepublikkkans openly say that they haven't read a book in years.
catcher in the rye, you need to get past the 1st 7 chapters without falling alseep. what is the big deal. to days kids would read 3 or for chapters and trow it. again what is the big deal.
Just curious-was Anne Franck banned?
Yes
Some . can' stay the truth
So DeSantis wants to ban the dictionary because of grooming. Gov DeSantis books don't groom. Chat rooms & the internet & men groom. Men don't use school libraries
Fascist blue, leave children alone
@@Americasinertia more delusion
who ya tryin' to convince?
@@lingyjennifer8399fascist blue is garbage. Killing babies, child trafficking, child mutilation, child grooming etc. all fascist blue
@@lingyjennifer8399 Himself. IMAX projection.
@@lingyjennifer8399forcing children what to read fascist blue?
Communist China bans books. (That irony is lost on American Christian conservatives.)
Fascist blue, these aren’t the Hitler youth, stop forcing them what to read
D.H. Lawrence "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was banned here but not in Europe. Publishers would go to England & bring back suitcases full to sell or give to friends.
@@AmericasinertiaDelusional.
@@Americasinertia utterly and completely delusional
In other news Biden is starting yet another war gj peaceful unifiers imprison your oppenents start wars back dictators and send terrorists money call your own people terrorists divide the nation wreck the economy open the border support communism push child mutalation and a anti religious campaign after a life time of racism claim you are for civil rights the people and trying to save democracy GREAT JOB.
And this is proof of why books are not banned but a parent must sign 😏
those that burn books are never the good guys
oops did i post burn?
ban books are never the good guys
(the burning comes next)
What's with the book burning, i mean banning, small minded people?
We'll check in with Dr. Seuss for his opinion!
Honey, little blinky and joe says it's war time. Wake the kids.
A message to anyone claiming to have more rights than parents 😏🇺🇸
available on the internet for 20 bucks.
Half the country can't afford that
@@basedgamerguy818 yeah... bidenomics.
@@basedgamerguy818 so then not actually a banned book. Thanks for admitting this lie Velshi is peddling is poison.
Im not subscriber why is youtube forcing me tp watch this channal
That’s what fascists do. Force
Im not sure how youtube could force you to watch or engage with any content. You are in control of your actions, unless you are a bot. Are you a bot?
@@Americasinertia how is the weather in China ?
@@rayRay-pw6gzask china joe and crackhead hunter
@@rayRay-pw6gzhow’s the weather in Stalin Bidens America?
If I were to write out the parts people find problematic from this book Salvage the Bones in RUclips comments, I'd get kicked off RUclips and/or have my comment shadow-banned.
Yeah!! MAGA MAGA ❤🇺🇸
at least you use the conditional correctly😂
@@kaijusoursdanger I'm Korean/Siberian, remember? Jagoff.
So?
@@bookgirlny8511 Not too bright, are you? Go bring a migrant family into your home since this morning you were saying how much you want to help them over in the CNN comments.
This book sounds terribly dull.
No spaceships, no aliens, no dragons, no elves...why would I enjoy this?
Reality can be dull
@@mk1st That's why we read books about spaceships, aliens, dragons, and elves.
No one asked you to. Go read Tolkien or Martin.
@@PaperMario64 Oh, ick. I'd rather read Elizabeth Moon or Steven Brust, if I'm gonna go Fantasy.
But I'm really more of a sci-fi girl.
Clearly they did read and it is as they said.
No books are banned in the US.
_Every day Clarisse walked him to the corner._
_One day it was raining, the next it was clear, the day after that the wind blew strong, and the day after that it was mild and calm, and the day after that calm day was a day like the furnace of summer and Clarisse with her face all sunburnt by late afternoon._
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
1953
misinformation
Please parents read this book first before you let your kids read it. I guarantee you'll hate it.
@neb3757 we aint got no needs fer no books acceptin the Bible which is full of good holesum God stories!! MAGA MAGA ❤🇺🇸
@@neb3757 And I guarantee they'll LOVE it!
@@neb3757you haven't read it. You don't even know what it's about. L take
Hunter's Laptop
What about it?
Trump's laptop
Banned book? It cant be printed? Cant be put in a bookstore? Cant be sold? Thats terrible.
There are many ways to “ban” a book. Evidently, parents are trying to ban it from an elective AP English class. Outrageous.
@@bookgirlny8511 without reading it, maybe it's not suitable for minors? Don't understand why if a book isn't approved by the school it's called banned. Parents can just buy the book if they want to. Hence not banned.
@@bookgirlny8511 No, its either banned or not banned. If you can buy it in a store, it is NOT banned.
@@bookgirlny8511 controversial or substandard books have been removed from AP courses since AP courses have existed. You live a life of sheer ignorance. The books in question can be purchased online or at your local bookstore = not banned. Stop chugging the MSM kool-aid.
Was the author unable to tell her story without inserting r@p3 into the narrative. Pretty sure parents have a problem with that and not the general storyline.
you are the one talking about crimes against children
@@kaijusoursdangerDef, as a conversation between adults regarding appropriateness of reading materials in school. Why do you have a problem with that? You like to bring minors into adult conversations? That's probably something your neighbors should know.
yeah you are the creep here. nice try. no doughnut.
Then those parents can opt their child out of the AP English class or ask for an alternative book for their child. Simple.
@@kaijusoursdangerAlert your deviant behavior to your neighbors. They might need to know that you are for having adult material available to minors.
This is only about age. I didn't catch the age of the class this was being offered to. Schools don't have a right to teach what they want when they want. Some parents may think its fine,others may not.
Parents don't get to choose the curriculum. You aren't an expert in child pedagogy. Any parent who encourages their child to read the Bible should have nothing to say about any other book.
@@basedgamerguy818 It's not choosing the curriculum. It is about having a say in what gets added. There are places where they may feel that slavery wasn't as bad as it's portrayed. Should parents not have a say in that. Should schools be able to secretly allow kids to go by another gender. Professionals are involved in these decisions, so I guess parents aren't qualified to disagree.
@@mr.fancypants666 "Should schools be able to secretly allow kids to go by another gender."
Yes, 100% yes.
AP English. High school. Most likely juniors and seniors. 16-18 year olds. The protagonist in the book is 15 years old.
@@mscheese000
Let me guess... it's about identity politics and it's not really banned
Boring and foolish Winston.
Well, it’s assigned to an AP elective English class. No one is obliged to enroll in it.
There is no reason to remove this book from schools. None.
@@bookgirlny8511 Would you have a problem with AP English courses teaching books with super religious themes? Or would your response be- no one's forcing non-Christians to take AP English?
@@winstonsmith6607 What book did you have in mind? I remember reading Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky in my AP English class. Definitely some religious themes in those.
Most educated people are cool with learning about and discussing religion.
In fact, we talk about religion in seventh grade in my school district.
@@winstonsmith6607you obviously don't read if you think kids are reading books that deal with religion.
The majority of people who are intelligent and understand the human condition need to rise to the political climate and vote ignorance out!!! This beautifully intelligent writer is what a progressive society needs to share and be proud of. I am filled with anger, frustration and hatred toward the pitiful few who are attempting to lead this country down an almost irreversible path. These idiots who play this game of checkers need to be taught by those of us who win at chess!
If this sort of thing fills you with hatred, there’s something very wrong with you.
Check it out. There is no banning books in the U.S. Maybe, if the book has some adult themes High School would be a better place for it. Taking books out of Junior High School isnt banning books. The books are available online, at the public library, and many more places. But at the end if the day nobody is going to expose my children to anything I feel they are too young for.
Im sure its a great book,
I probably will read it.
Even though my kids are grown.
Banned for AP English lit. What elementary or junior school has AP English Lit?
Imagine writing that whole thing out while not reading or listening to what was said.
@@xmwest6814 you mean "removed". NOT BANNED. Enough with the hyperbole. Controversial, inappropriate, and/or substandard books have been removed from AP courses for various reasons since AP courses were invented and implemented. Are you seriously so ignorant as to think that only conservatives are removing controversial books from curriculum? If so, you're truly an NPC, believing exactly what the MSM programs you to believe.
I fully undersand why parents are gun-shy. *THERE IS NO BOOK BANNING! Parents just don't want sexually explicit books in their grade school kids' libraries! I saw a Senate hearing where a senator read aloud passages from these books. Women were trying to hide their embarrassment! The network had to 'bleep' out half of what he said! If it can't be broadcast, our kids shouldn't be reading it! Or having it read to them!*
This book isn't sexually explicit
Wow, The authors speaking skills tell the story that she doesn't have any true social skills and doesn't get out much.
Your comment is more of a negative reflection on you than her. Also, your grammar skills could do with improvement.
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I could only wish the Bible could be mandatory reading in high school.
I don't , stop trying to tell parents how to raise their children the way that you want them to be raised you don't have authority they don't need your permission or approval about how they're going to raise their children
@@loriparks8657 why are you wanting to ban books?
the Bible is everywhere no one is stopping you from reading it. Why do you have to wait till you get to high school.
@@Sturmavk nobody said they did, stop putting words in people's mouths.
@@mscheese000 hmmm. So when one group of people are wanting to keep certain books out of school it's deemed "banning". But when another group wants certain books kept out of school that's perfectly fine in your book? You seriously don't see a problem with that logic? The educated among us call that a "double standard" as well as "hypocrisy".
We are pushing Greek mythology while canceling American culture and history 😏🤡
Ok Groomer!!
We ain't got no need fer no books accept fer the Bible!! MAGA MAGA ❤🇺🇸
Go fascist blue, forcing children what to read
Fascist blue groomers
ouch .
I wish they read the Bible. Maybe they would stop being such hateful, bigoted morons. They would realize their God was an immigrant who said that we should take care of the poor, the sick and that it is unlikely that rich people would get into heaven