Reasons For Banning To Kill A Mockingbird

People who want to ban To Kill a Mockingbird from our schools have argued why it should not be taught. One of the largest issues is that the book portrays a white savior and protagonist. This is often seen as unfair, especially for the difficult topic of racism dealt with. However since this is an older book, this would have been extremely common in the 1930s. The only savior Tom would have would be a white man. And the book in no way approves of the unfair white jury convicting Tom, in fact, it largely disapproves of this unfair treatment. To Kill a Mockingbird was designed for white people in the 1930s to open their eyes to the unjust society they were living in. So though it may seem unfair to us today, the book would have been very fitting for the time period.

This word has been and is used to try to bring down the African American community so it is easy to see why this is a big issue with the book. But the sad reality is that this was the word used to refer to African Americans during this time period. And finally one of the biggest arguments used to ban this book is that it makes students very uncomfortable largely due to the extremely difficult topics of rape and racism. And while this book may make some uncomfortable, “Being uncomfortable with history is [no means] to change it”. At some point, we must grow up and see the truth for what it is. That was how things were back then. And the whole point of the book is to show that and make us never want to go back to that. Hopefully being uncomfortable makes it so we never repeat our mistakes. Those who would like the book banned still argue that the topic of race should be taught, they simply wish for an