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Banning books in Washington County
Sep 20, 2007 - 09:09 amActually, the School Board hasn’t banned Lee Smith’s “Fair and Tender Ladies” just yet, but they’ve sent it for committee review because of a single, unspecified complaint.
I haven’t read this book, but a number of my relatives are big fans of Smith’s works, which capture some of the authentic stories of life in Appalachia. Apparently, the uproar involves one or two paragraphs that describe sex in the vernacular, so to speak.
So what! This is an Advanced Placement English class - in other words a group of exceedingly bright, college-bound high school students. If parents think these youngsters haven’t heard similar language or haven’t been exposed to sexual talk, they are kidding themselves.
Memo to Washington County School Board: Don’t ban the book. Let the students study it and discuss it in an intellectual manner.
