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Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 7283
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 10:05 am: | 
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Doing my bit to promote Black Lit I saw a librarian (male/black) with a copy of Invisible Man.
"That's a great book," I said.
"I got it for my son but it's too much cussin' so I'm turning it back."
Too much cussin.
A masterpiece of the canon rejected by a parent because it has cusswords--probably less than any rap album you can play or any PG 13 movie or an episode of South Park.
Is there any hope for the cullud peoples? |
Ferociouskitty
Veteran Poster
Username: Ferociouskitty
Post Number: 401
Registered: 02-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 11:11 am: |
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I knew a black parent here in the 'Burgh who objected to August Wilson's plays being taught at his children's high school because the black characters didn't use "proper English", and therefore, according to his logic, blacks were being portrayed in a negative light.
Sigh. |
Nom_de_plume
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Username: Nom_de_plume
Post Number: 115
Registered: 07-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 11:42 am: |
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What a bunch of douchenuggets. You're right, and that boy probably cuss like a muhfuckin sailor when his pops ain't around! LOL
I can only hope that many of the kids will eventually thirst and seek for themselves. |
Thumper
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Username: Thumper
Post Number: 590
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 11:59 am: |
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Hello,
See, this is a case of a LITTLE education being a bad thing! I wonder, did the father actually READ the book or did he just scan it for words. I'm thinking that if he was there picking out his son's reading material, how old is the son? Maybe the son is too young for Invisible Man? |
Cynique
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Cynique
Post Number: 12703
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 01:57 pm: |
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Do these same gripes apply to black parents who object to grade schoolers having to read Tom Sawyer because in this book, reference is made to N i g g e r Jim? |
Emanuel
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Username: Emanuel
Post Number: 635
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 11, 2008 - 02:39 pm: |
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Well, Invisible Man does have some mature themes and language. It all depends on the age of the child. I think it's good parenting if the father didn't want to expose his child to bad language. Sure he might hear it on the streets, on TV, or on the radio but it doesn't mean the parent has to approve of it.
I have a 12-year-old who probably isn''t ready for Invisible Man as well.
Are you a parent Chris? |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 7287
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 11:23 am: |
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I have a 12-year-old who probably isn''t ready for Invisible Man as well
(One of those, eh?) |
904diva
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Username: 904diva
Post Number: 33
Registered: 06-2008
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 04:54 pm: |
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I agree with you Emanuel. Let them stay young while they're young. I also didn't allow "cursing" rap or parental video games either. Now did he hear it or play the games elsewhere, maybe, but the point is how a child is raised... teaches respect. Now I'm not putting the book in the category as rap music or video games, I'm just saying we have to parent, not be our children's friends... they have enough of those and only 2 parents. |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 7299
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 2 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 15, 2008 - 10:41 am: |
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The point is that Negroes think it is 1890--
Did you excise the Song of Solomon from your Bible, too because it is so racy?
White folks, I apologize.
I been saying it is your fault, when, all along, the Negroes ain't been ready. |
Emanuel
Veteran Poster
Username: Emanuel
Post Number: 636
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, August 15, 2008 - 02:56 pm: |
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You're making this a racial issue when it's really a PARENTING issue. "Invisible Man" is not the bible, it's a work of fiction. White parents shield their children from materials considered inappropiate as well. If parents want to shield their children from books, movies, and music they feel are inappropriate for their own children I say let them parent their own children. On the other end of the spectrum, we have parents who don't really care what their children do and they end up on welfare, on drugs, or in jail.
So which do you prefer? Parents who parent or parents who let their children do their own thing.
BTW Chris, you never answered the question about how old the child was or if you're a parent yourself. Both answers matter in regards to this discussion.
I know my child, and at 12 he would not be interested in "Invisible Man" (which by the way is my favorite book). His interest lies in what's more appropriate and fun for his age group. Ain't nothin' wrong with that. My wife (who is a former school psychologist) and I know best not to rush him into growing up too fast. |
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