... This time his enemies have attacked from the left, with educators striking the J.D. Salinger classic from high school syllabuses because it fails to reflect multiculturalism.
"In other words, Holden Caulfield is a white, privileged male," said Michael Moore, director of the literature commission for the National Council of Teachers of English. "In our very diverse schools, the drive to incorporate very multicultural reading is here to stay."
This was not a good way to start my morning. And the biggest problem is that they don't have any books that they can actually use to replace
Catcher in the Rye.
Of course, maybe I'm not one to talk. I read it twice in the time allotted, if I recall correctly -- and never wrote the required analysis. And I guess I like
Franny and Zooey better anyway.
(23:04 EST, Tuesday, 16 January 2001.)
