Religion has nothing to do with any book being banned or removed from schools in the south. Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer and To Kill a Mockingbird were taken out of school libraries for one reason:


Racism


In Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, the black man is Called "Nigger Jim." In To Kill a Mockingbird and others, people of color are referred to as niggers.

So, in an effort to not offend anyone, the books were removed from public school's shelves. I had always thought it was nationwide, though, not just in the south. I guess I was wrong.

So, while I am not a racist, I would like to give a big personal yippie to all the people that are so concerned about offending people that our children cannot read the classics anymore. What's next? Taking Julius Caesar and other Shakespearean woks off the shelves because of violence, sexuality, homosexuality or prejudice against other nations? Should we start taking books off shelves unless all the characters are politically correct stories about single-racial characters?

Thanks a bunch to the "activists." You sure are making the world a better place for all of us.