And yet Elvis could girate his pelvis and form Rock and Roll that generation created it.

Ok, fair enough.

But only if people with a bachelors in lit or english get to decide that.

I disagree 1000% with banning books of any kind. That said, Invisible Man was a crap book. No "literary value" is pretty much my opinion on it as well. I distinctly remember the first time I read it (high school AP English) and thinking "How in HELL did this piece of crap make it on the list" because it was so blatantly inferior to everything else we were reading at the time.

So obviously I'm not a fan but banning books(even the crappy ones) is NEVER a good idea.

Im sure it was the sexual themes that upset the (probably white) woman in North Carolina, and not the "uppity-ness" of the narrator.

It showed the short comings of Communist Party USA from a black person's POV... Showed the social relationship between blacks and whites a la "the white man's burden" and interracial sexual tension as seen with the Narrator and the Trustee Norton at the brothel...

I remember my first encounter with the book. I was sorely disappointed that it wasn't THE invisible man. Like the one who turns invisible.

I have one but have to admit I have never read the book.

He attacked every single black leader in that book. And then he attacked everyone else.

The beauty of the book to me was how the narrator learns how to stop letting people define who you are, but to just be yourself.

Who cares if I like yams. Who cares what they say if they see me eat yams. I like yams so I will eat them.

Optic White paint.. Monopolitated Power and Light... A basement with a shit ton of light bulbs.

You give people in North Carolina too much credit.

I'm sure this will backfire big time. Every student in that school will read the book now, even if they would never read a book on their own normally.

ROFL


i just now realized this. mind blown.

g'night, everybody!!!!!!!