Minnesota high school bans Steinbeck s Of Mice and Men
FILE - In this Oct. 25, 1962 file photo, John Steinbeck talks to media in the office of his publisher in New York after the announcement he had been awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature. Steinbeck, best-remembered for his 1939 novel The Grapes of W
Families and staff complained about racist stereotypes.
Posted: Dec 24, 2020 3:35 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) A Minnesota high school has ordered instructors to stop teaching students about two novellas in the wake of complaints about their content.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Tuesday that administrators at Henry Sibley High School in Mendota Heights have told staff to stop teaching John Steinbeck s “Of Mice and Men” and Larry Watson s “Montana 1948.” Administrators said families and staff had complained about racist stereotypes and slurs in “Of Mice and Men. They said the Native American community is upset with “Montana
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Dec 12, 2020
Much of the the debate over the past decade or so about whether to change names on buildings and streets or to remove statues has centered almost entirely on those significant historical figures who supported slavery or at least were too timid in opposing it.
But recently Native Americans have stepped up to call for the removal of statues and names of those they say aided in a systematic attempt to abuse, remove or exterminate Indigenous people.
Last year, for what is believed to be the first time, a statue of an American president was removed because of his misdeeds. Indigenous groups successfully lobbied the Arcata, California, City Council to remove a statue of William McKinley.