To Kill A Mockingbird Should Be Banned

harper lee´s novel, to kill a mockingbird, has faced many haters since its publication in 1960. Many schools have tried to ban it, as well as libraries, like the mid continent public library, who said “now here is a book that deserves to be banned¨. Some even believe that the book promotes racism. The book takes place in a small southern town in the 1939s, not a good time and place for black people or people of color. The jim crow laws were in effect, and people were taught to believe that blacks were inferior, so they treated them very poorly and hated them for no real reason. The kids jem and scout do not see colored people in a different way, because atticus was one of the fathers who did not promote this. Even though the book to kill …show more content…
even though most of the people despised or didn’t care for black people, there were still many people like the finch family that did not see that in people. Margrot Stern Strom says, “At school my teachers carefully avoided any mention of race, class, or gender. Like Scout, I learned those lessons from my family.” most of the parents of the time taught their children racism, but the ones that didn't, like atticus, had their children grow up like scout, not racist, and with the right points of view of race. This is what the book shows was possible. The book also shows that it was possible to change, because when the people of the town came to the jail to get tom robinson, scout told them off, and they realized that they were wrong (chapter …show more content…
As jacksonville.com says, “While we have made tremendous progress in dealing with race issues, we still have a long way to go.” this means that even though most people have realized that racism is wrong, people still have not been raised or taught right, and the book to kill a mockingbird would serve as a real good eye opener for the peple that are still racist, and that is a big reason why it needs to stay in the curriculum. The book to kill a mockingbird has a lot of lessons we need to learn, mostly not to be racist, and what happened in the past. It is key to learn about these things, because it is easy to look at the past and learn from it, and keeping this book in the curriculum will serve as a great lesson for kids to learn. Even if this book it taken off of the curriculum, you should still read this book, or have your kids read it, because it is a great lesson, and it peers into the 30s and racism, and shows the good in people, and teaches you the bad in people. All in all, this book should stay in the