It’s a memoir about growing up black and gay. It contains true events from the author’s life. Why should this person’s high school memories be banned for high school students?
What parts can an adult mind comprehend, but a teenage mind can’t?
Why do democrats want this in schools ?
Submitted 9 months ago by wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee to conservative@lemm.ee
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ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
PrincessEli@reddthat.com 9 months ago
It contains true events from the author’s life. Why should this person’s high school memories be banned for high school students?
That doesn’t mean it’s age appropriate.
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Did anyone say it should be banned? I am a fan of common sense. This shouldn’t be available to 12 year old children at the school library. If parents want to provide it to their children, that’s fine but 12 year olds don’t need to be reading this.
Deceptichum@kbin.social 9 months ago
Why is it not appropriate for a 12 year old?
12 year olds can watch movies and play games of people violently being murdered, but sex is off the limits?
What if a child was being abused and reading through another child’s account of abuse empowers them to speak to?
ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
What age are high school students in America?
jeffw@lemmy.world 9 months ago
High school kids watch porn. Why can’t they read a true story about stuff that actually happened to other kids, which happens to contain a sex scene? Lots of books have sex scenes. One example that sticks with me is Mystic River, which I read around 9th grade. Should I have been banned from reading that?