In a message dated 11/11/2005 5:56:46 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, chuck at mutualaid.org writes:
More close to home, there has been an ongoing effort in the Blue Valley School District--a suburban school district south of Kansas City that this author graduated from—to ban and restrict certain books from the curriculum. Around 500 parents in the district signed a petition asking the school district to remove 14 books “because of vulgar language, sexual explicitness or violent imagery.” (Kansas City Star, October 11, 2005). The list of novels included Beloved by Toni Morrison.
Chuck,
When I was looking for a house to buy in Kansas City in 1991, all Real Estate agents I worked with would mention that Blue Valley Schools were the top in the country. What has happened since?
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