Books

Dr. Seuss, Shel Silverstein, these are authors I and many children have grown up with, as the times have changed, so has the literature a lot of children read. When my parents were in elementary school they were reading things like "Where The Red Fern Grows" or "Huckleberry Finn". Are the books we as the "new age" not giving our children the opportunity to learn the same as we did? Now I understand that children are learning much faster these days, but something is still hindering them. Some children think that slavery didn't exist... that it's one huge conspiracy... books like "uncle Tom's Cabin" prove differently. And now they're trying to change the books so that the language is more "suitable". What is THAT??! Words that are in that book are THE REAL DEAL! They are true to the era of those books and make it authentic. The fact that they are now trying to say that these words aren't appropriate is just idiotic. It's like trying to erase part of our American history. That the unfairity of how slaves and African Americans were treated. Like it was okay for them to be treated first as property, then as "the help". (people to be seen and not heard) It's sort of saying that the African American's struggle to get to where they are today, is not important.
Basically what I am trying to say is that I hope that we realize the change we're bringing to our future generations due to the "inappropriate" language that was normal in that time period. Things are going to change, but just how drastically should they change?

Until I write again
Au revior,
~Rayne