Can you believe a book where a woman is raped, racial slurs are used a multitude of times and a man is gunned down trying to gain his freedom? To kill a mocking bird should not be taught in schools because of its heavy topics, and its use of multiple racial slurs as well as glorifying this culture even if it is unintentionally. Because of its use of extremely heavy topics to kill a mocking bird, it should not be taught in schools. It has topics of rape and murder which children should not be hearing and normalizing it by putting it in a mostly lighthearted book. It uses topics such as rape and false accusations of rape as well as murder. To Kill A Mocking Bird There is a clear display of child abuse as stated by Robin, a teacher in the language arts classroom, states “Uncle Jack, Calpurnia, Mrs. Duboise, and Bob Ewell abuse children in To Kill A Mockingbird. Research shows that abused children exhibit certain behaviors. Scout’s fighting with other kids? Current research suggests she acts that way because she is physically abused.”child abuse is shown and this could be harmful to students who have experienced child abuse or know someone that is abused. bob ewell was clearly an abuser in the text in possibly more ways than …show more content…
Atticus while being a good character falls under the trope of being a white savior by Lauralee from language arts classroom.com says, “What if instead of warning students about the dangers of racism, we instead reinforce dangerous ideas of white saviors, of not seeing color? The use of the n word in this book is very abundant and used too much with no purpose except for the shock effect in Roxane Gays article she states “The n word is used liberally throughout and there are some breathtaking instances of both casual and outright racism” these reasons clearly show the racially motivated topics in the