https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz Prompt: To Kill a Mockingbird is one of the most BANNED books of our time due in part to racist themes/language. Do you think it is necessary for the "n-word" to be included in the book? Why or why not? Explain your opinion. Respond to the prompt using complete sentences. Then, respond to a minimum of three classmates posts (build off of what they said, ask a question, agree, disagree, or ask them to clarify, etc...). en-us 2021-06-09 02:02:46 UTC 2021-06-12 06:51:06 UTC hello@padlet.com 1964612 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596100978 I have mixed feelings about this topic. Nobody should say it but I think in this instance To Kill a Mockingbird should have it in their books. My reasoning behind this is that the n-word was prevalent in the South in the 1930's. When the n-word is shown in the book, it shows us what African Americans went through in the 1930's. It shows us the racism African Americans faced back then. If we were to erase that from the book. It would erase what Tom Robinson and others like him felt back then. ]]> 2021-06-09 15:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596100978 1997552 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596107453 2021-06-09 15:36:19 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596107453 1967841 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596110448 I think it should since it is for educational purposes to explain how it used to be in the 1930's and how white supremacy and racism in general used to be.]]> 2021-06-09 15:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596110448 1994541 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596121915 I think that it should have the n-word because it is for educational purposes and that is how things where back then in the 1930´s.]]> 2021-06-09 15:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596121915 1972321 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596123791 I think it should because needs to know what was happen in the past so the future generation could realize that not every thing is good in this world. ]]> 2021-06-09 15:41:59 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596123791 1962811 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596127158 I think that the book should have the n-word because it is for educational purposes

]]> 2021-06-09 15:43:08 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596127158 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596137045 I believe the book should have the n-word in the book because it shows people what it really was like back then. It may not have been necessary but I think its good that its in the book.Why i think its ok to have in the book is because it shows people the true reality of how people acted back then. I also think its more educational.-Carlos Perez]]> 2021-06-09 15:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596137045 1976521 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596206056 I think it should be in the book, but only for educational purposes. It gives us an idea of what life was like back then and how black people were treated. ]]> 2021-06-09 16:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596206056 1954959 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596349008 In my opinion To Kill a Mockingbird should have the n-word in the book. I think this because it helps the reader understand how people were treated back then.]]> 2021-06-09 17:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1596349008 1964062 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1597565491 I think the book should have the n-word in the book for educational purposes only.]]> 2021-06-10 03:50:30 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1597565491 1995381 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1597859557 In my opinion, it shouldn't really matter because its for educational purposes, other then that nobody that is not black or that the slur was not targeted to, should not use it. The word was used to disrespect people of color so i think the least other cultures and people can do is leave that slur alone.]]> 2021-06-10 06:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1597859557 195470 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1598857654 I'd have to say yes. If we are gonna make a book about the past, and especially about when African Americans were mistreated. We have to show how it really was. We can;t be all holding the little kids hand when talking about history. It had to be show how cruel this word it. If we really wanna see the truth about how the past was. We have to write how it was. Even if its harsh. Because if we get offended by that. Then we are the ones who are too sensitive, because all its doing is showing us how they were treated back then and showing us their suffering and the racism that existed. For that reason I say that the book should keep the N-word. Its the readers choice to say it or not to say it, because we still do have that right to choose if we say the word or we don't. ]]> 2021-06-10 15:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1598857654 1981133 https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1602298479 In my opinion i am going to say yes because they should only use it for educational purposes]]> 2021-06-12 06:48:02 UTC https://padlet.com/paige_egelston1/koo3wesnaeqzftpz/wish/1602298479