Four Washington state teachers got the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird axed from their ninth-grade reading list because the plot 'centers on whiteness'. The four teachers at Kamiak High School joined forces as they launched a years-long pursuit to get the novel banned from the required reading list due to its 'barrier to understanding and celebrating an authentic Black point of view in Civil Rights era literature.'Teachers from Mariner High, the other high school in the district fought back and defended the novel claiming that it was a good book for students to learn about the history of race in America.
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