pickJames was atop my list to read before year‘s end. Then my Dec #BookSpin category was YA/Mid Grade so I decided the stars and moon aligned for me to reread a book more than 1/2 century since my initial experience. I appreciate this for the classic it is, but I really wanted to be done with it soon after starting. The casual and constant use of the ‘N‘ word is painful to read.
ChaoticMissAdventures Viscerally painful! I feel like my brain short circuits when I hit it in a sentence. Which makes it stand out all the more and is so distracting. I feel the same about the R word, that seems to be making a comeback and I hate it. 1w
marleed @ChaoticMissAdventures I was in the 4th grade in Butte Mt and visibly upset at dinner believing earlier that day my teacher placed my name in a circle on the chalkboard called the N (insert word) baby circle. Names went in for poor behavior or classwork. I tried to explain why I was upset but my dad was even more upset when I used the N word. …. My dad stormed to the school next day, circle gone forever, as was my uttering the word. R word 😡 1w
ChaoticMissAdventures @marleed it is insane how some people become teachers and just subject children to such wild treatment! I am so sorry this happened to you, what a horrible teacher! I am glad your dad was so proactive, what a good dad. 1w
marleed @ChaoticMissAdventures I was raised in a home where no offense speech was allowed. My widowed father would even shut jokes like a preacher, a rabbi, a priest walked into a bar. I had no idea the actual meaning of the N word and was so confused when trying to explain the day why he wouldn‘t let me say the N word. In my memory I don‘t remember if he calmed down and explained or if one of my older sisters explained. 1w
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