Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j8LKvbG12774; Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:57:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:57:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s3318f8f.087@mailsrv4.gsu.edu> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3311] Banned books and adult literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.4 Status: O Content-Length: 1061 Lines: 11 Awhile ago I posted a message to this list about banned books and our learners. A person who wishes for obvious reasons to be anonymous privately emailed me and agreed that I can share the following: "Tried to get something going on the banned books stuff and what a road block I encountered. Seems everyone is so worried about being politically correct that they don't want to "stir up trouble". Since our clients aren't advanced enough to read most of the books, I was told it did not fit our mission to get worried about it." Does anyone have any reactions to this that they would like to share? (she wrote her email to me in response to this posting of 9/8: Banned Books Week is 9/24-10/1 and the theme is: "It's Your Freedom We're Talking About". This event is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) Office for Intellectual Freedom. For further information visit: www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm This might provide stimulating discussion in the classroom, debates, critical thinking, and essay writing activities.
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