• ImplyingImplications
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    10 months ago

    It’s a memoir about growing up black and gay. It contains true events from the author’s life. Why should this person’s high school memories be banned for high school students?

    What parts can an adult mind comprehend, but a teenage mind can’t?

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      10 months ago

      It contains true events from the author’s life. Why should this person’s high school memories be banned for high school students?

      That doesn’t mean it’s age appropriate.

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      10 months ago

      Did anyone say it should be banned? I am a fan of common sense. This shouldn’t be available to 12 year old children at the school library. If parents want to provide it to their children, that’s fine but 12 year olds don’t need to be reading this.

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        10 months ago

        Why is it not appropriate for a 12 year old?

        12 year olds can watch movies and play games of people violently being murdered, but sex is off the limits?

        What if a child was being abused and reading through another child’s account of abuse empowers them to speak to?

        And complaining about dildos or sexual acts as if children by the age of 12 aren’t already beyond that? Shit I was masturbating by 10, and I’ve heard many women experimented with object insertion at similar ages.

        In 2-3 years time many of those 12 year old children will be teenager’s experimenting with each other and not just their own body, it’s best to teach them before that point rather than wait until it’s too late.

        In closing:

        Of course they’re gonna know what intercourse is by the time they hit fourth grade
        They got the Discovery Channel, don’t they?
        We ain’t nothing but mammals… well, some of us, cannibals

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            10 months ago

            I agree in that instance it was inappropriate. Even that article says the retailer recommends it for high school students. I would be against removing it from high schools, not elementary schools.

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              10 months ago

              I am not a fan of “banning” any book. I was an advanced reader but I wouldn’t have wanted to read this book at any age. That said, I don’t have an issue with it being in a public library where a parent could consent for the child to check it out. It shouldn’t be available for a 12 year old to check out by themselves. I am not a prude but it was some heavy content that should have someone put in context for a child.