Take Huck Finn and the n-word the book is so controversial and "offensive" it's banned by school districts here and across the country.
It's not uncommon for parents to object to specific literature because of racially derogative language. But there is no word in the English language, no matter how offensive, that we should refuse to expose ourselves to in any context because doing so would undermine our collective responsibility to our history as a country. I understand her concern over this derogatory, painful word and what it invokes. Sense-Wilson, who is Native American, is upset that her daughter, a high school student, was required to read the controversial work, based on its repeated use of the world "savage" to refer to Native Americans. That's why she's petitioning Seattle Public Schools to ban the book "Brave New World" from its approved reading list. Sarah Sense-Wilson just wants to do what is right for kids like her daughter.
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