“It’s part of the story of racism.
“We need to keep it, teach it and explain it.
“I fully support the principle of decolonisation of the curriculum, but where would it stop?
“If we remove To Kill A Mockingbird is Othello next – or the Slave’s Lament?
“We have to be careful here.
“Instead of removing this book from classrooms we need to show how the book embodies the racism of its time.
“That same racism that killed George Floyd.
“The injustice depicted in the text helps give us a view of and understand why we still have racism today.