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Re: *...Caged Bird...* Under Fire in Florida (fwd)

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From: Kenneth Gould (UND)
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 1995 00:00
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No guru, no method, no teacher (rfernand@chuma.cas.usf.edu) wrote:
:       In Volusia County, Florida, Maya Angelou's *I Know Why the Caged Bird
: Sings* has been denounced as a "nigger trash book" by the parent of a
: junior assigned to read the book at Deland High School.  Glenn Holland, the

Ah... a great way of getting kids motivated to read, right?

-sw-, noting that it seems to me the easily offended / overprotective
parents always seem to be angry at the world all the time. They ought
to just lighten up, kick back, and sit back reading material they can
relate to, such as _Family Circus_ or _The National Enquirer_.

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From: kgould@soleil.acomp.usf.edu (Kenneth Gould (UND))
Subject: Re: *...Caged Bird...* Under Fire in Florida (fwd)
Date: 1995/11/15
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