The district put the books back on library shelves, but students must have permission from a parent to check it out.Ĭomplaints from the Fraternal Order of Police in Charleston County, South Carolina, also put the book under review at Wando High School due to what the group called its " indoctrination of distrust of police. Thanks for igniting the fire," she wrote.įifteen-year-old student Ny'Shira Lundy collected 4,000 signatures in support of the book.
Well, I'm going to tell them even louder. "I'm saddened to hear that a school district in Texas banned #TheHateUGive, but I'm also empowered - you're basically telling the kids of the Garden Heights of the world that their stories shouldn't be told. Critics said that removing the book while it was being reviewed was a violation of the district's review policies. A Review and Commentary On:A Time to Kill By John GrishamA Time to Kill written by John Grisham is a book that presents the high racial tensions in Canton. Jackson and Matthew McConaughey When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the violent racists who raped his ten-year-old daughter, the people of the small town of Clanton, Mississippi see it as justice done, and call for his acquittal. While it wasn't technically banned in Katy, Texas, the school district's superintendent removed it from the district's libraries while it was under review after a parent complained about the book's profanity. John Grishams first and most shocking novel, adapted as a film starring Samuel L. " The Hate U Give" is about a Black teenager who witnesses a police officer fatally shooting her friend.
It often indicates a user profile.Īuthor Angie Thomas signs copies of "The Hate U Give." Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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