Spiegelman also said he suspected that its members were motivated less about some mild curse words and more by the subject of the book, which tells the story of his Jewish parents' time in Nazi concentration camps, the mass murder of other Jews by Nazis, his mother's suicide when he was just 20, and his relationship with his father.
"I also understand that Tennessee is obviously demented," said Spiegelman."There's something going on very, very haywire there.""Maus" depicts Jews as mice and the cats are Nazi Germans — who had a notorious history of banning and burning books. It has won a slew of awards, including a 1992 Pulitzer Prize.show that Director of School Lee Parkison opened the session by saying:"The values of the county are understood.
"Considering copyright, we decided to redact it to get rid of the eight curse words and the picture of theBut board members worried that might violate the book's copyright, the minutes show. "It shows people hanging, it shows them killing kids, why does the educational system promote this kind of stuff, it is not wise or healthy," Allman said, according to the minutes.
CNBC The education system is going to have the internet teaching our children. they will search for the things they want to know and hopefully where they find it is coming from a place of intelligence and not ignorance. its not the 50s anymore you cant remove everything you dont like.
These are 8th graders. The atrocities of the Holocaust are worse than a few curse words. Do they not realize what 8th graders see online by that age? Total idiots on that Board. They should've been made to visit a Holocaust museum before their vote. Don't learn, doomed to repeat.
GOP Soviet-style thought police….