Teen intimacy. i am pretty sure the average tenth grade student here is more than that between classes. moreover, the book is written in marketed for a 14 and up audience. it is age appropriate. this is a pattern that we see again and again. a pair of lamps profanity or sex, but the reality is more like this. they want to see the world changing. and the very existence of books like your martin prove that the world is already a different place. sometimes these parents or school boards call for a different book. something historic, something the motive red when they were in high school to explore these complex issues. but while there is certainly space for tom sawyer or to kill a mockingbird, which was a previous velshi banned book club book, these books do not reflect modern america. particularly for black youth and the white students to within the interact. do your martin actually does. the book is fundamentally realistic. and honestly portrays a black high school students experience
Doctor king would never take a freeway, dr. king took quite a few freeways. i wanted to reclaim his legacy a little bit. because i feel like, when we think talk about dr. king these days, there is this softness to the edges. he was the most disliked man in america. in the 1960s. we were very him, now but that was not the case back then. having justice right to him, and look at his philosophies up close, that came from me being really angry about hearing dr. king s quotes misappropriated. i want to finish with one of the notes that just rights to dear martin. martin luther king. he says, it is like i m trying to climb a mountain. i have one full trying to shut me down, so i won t be on his level. and another full trying to take my leg and pull me to the ground. he refuses to leave.
Reluctance to do anything or help in any way. president ilves, good to see you again. toomas hendrik ilves it s a former president of the republic of estonia. coming up, the velshi banned book club is back with a very special feature. dear martin by nick stone, there have been calls to remove the bestseller from classrooms, libraries and reading list all over the united states. why? parents say the poignant and tragically realistic story of a black high school senior is too distressing for their own high school aged children to read. and, a year ago today the u.s. pledged an ambitious goal to slash greenhouse gas emissions. today climate change has become a backburner issue, as a world literally heats up. we re going to talk with governor jay inslee on his fight to set new standards on carbon emission reduction technologies. and, as of wednesday, the national average for a regular gallon of gas is $4.11.
That you did not hide your heart. you allowed people to see, through you, just how powerful and painful what you are recovering was. so that s the t s that i am giving for this sunday show, which you can watch a 10 am eastern here on msnbc. you have me welling up again my friend. thank you. there was a lot of heart and. there i have left a little bit of it behind in ukraine. but thank you for that. it means a great deal coming from you. a veteran of how one delivers the news. so thank you sir. i look forward to tuning in. i look forward to many of these opportunities to talk to you on air. and to talk to your front as a show which starts 10 am eastern right here on msnbc s. six. thanks ali. the banned book club is back with a poignant and relevant. book it is called a deer. martin black in your faces are
With not only racism, but life at 17 years old in a 21st century. dear martin humanizes those tragically frequent headlines. i am sure just is far more similar to the side of the north carolina mother one of the book band and even the she would like to admit. both just and that woman s sons are likely grappling with identity and the precipice of adulthood. the difference is that just s struggles are literally about life and death. don t take my word. for ask some of our banned book club members. a former professor, wrote to us about his experience with your martin. he said quote, it enlighten my understanding of the lived experience of young black men. isn t that a bucs are supposed to do? or sharon harris, who wrote in saying, quote, this novel depicts a young black man in a very real and relevant get nuanced characterization.