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7:56pm August 1, 2013

➸ Queens sixth-graders no longer must read racy

badass-bharat-deafmuslimpunkstar:

Sixth-graders in Queens, N.Y. were told to read a book that talked about masturbation until seething parents got the title pushed off the summer reading list.

my take: “Diary of a Part-Time Indian" is NOT a racy book at all, and actually quite authentic for young teenaged boys going through puberty and identity crisis issues. I think these assholes are just looking for an excuse to ban more POC/Native narratives from their school.

Yeah I’ve read it and I don’t even remember that part. That’s how little it mattered.

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  1. knocked-right-in-spice reblogged this from madeofpatterns
  2. huha-maza reblogged this from sagwaaaaa and added:
    Not fucking sixth graders, no. That book is fucked up for kids that age. Jeeze!
  3. velderia reblogged this from withasmoothroundstone
  4. simulatedfloridiansnow reblogged this from sagwaaaaa and added:
    That was one of my favorite books I read in school, and it emphasized the real hardship kids go through when they are...
  5. clatterbane reblogged this from sagwaaaaa
  6. ilovejeopardy reblogged this from sagwaaaaa and added:
    “Everything in the book is what every kid in that school is dealing with on a daily basis, whether it’s masturbation or...
  7. asgardreid reblogged this from sagwaaaaa
  8. withasmoothroundstone reblogged this from clatterbane and added:
    Yeah I’ve read it and I don’t even remember that part. That’s how little it mattered.
  9. m-x-1010 reblogged this from badass-bharat-deafmuslim-artista
  10. sagwaaaaa reblogged this from badass-bharat-deafmuslim-artista and added:
    I completely agree. The page shown in the article and the one other instance (I think it was mentioned only once more,...
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