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|artist=Sherman Alexie | |artist=Sherman Alexie | ||
|subject=Explicit Sexuality, | |subject=Explicit Sexuality, Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Violence | ||
|confronting_bodies=Parents | |confronting_bodies=Parents | ||
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|location=Chicago, IL | |location=Chicago, IL | ||
|description_of_content=''The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian'' is a 2007 novel for young adults written by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Ellen Forney. The novel is a first-person narrative by Native American teenager Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", a 14-year-old budding cartoonist. The book details Arnold's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation and his decision, upon encouragement from a reservation high school teacher, to go to an all-white public high school in the off-reservation town of Reardan, Washington. Junior traverses through the endemic alcoholism, poverty and hopelessness he sees on the reservation, as well as the bullies and racism he encounters at school. | |description_of_content=''The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian'' is a 2007 novel for young adults written by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Ellen Forney. The novel is a first-person narrative by Native American teenager Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", a 14-year-old budding cartoonist. The book details Arnold's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation and his decision, upon encouragement from a reservation high school teacher, to go to an all-white public high school in the off-reservation town of Reardan, Washington. Junior traverses through the endemic alcoholism, poverty and hopelessness he sees on the reservation, as well as the bullies and racism he encounters at school. | ||
|description_of_incident=Parents of incoming freshmen at a Chicago high school were complaining about the English summer reading assigned in the curriculum: ''Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian'' by Sherman Alexie, book that narrates the "story of a 14-year-old American Indian who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school." The parents asking for the banning of the literary text have asked for this given that according to them the book uses "foul language and describes sexual acts" that they do not find suitable for their children. | |description_of_incident=Parents of incoming freshmen at a Chicago high school were complaining about the English summer reading assigned in the curriculum: ''Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian'' by Sherman Alexie, book that narrates the "story of a 14-year-old American Indian who leaves his school on the Spokane Indian Reservation to attend an all-white high school." The parents asking for the banning of the literary text have asked for this given that according to them the book uses "foul language and describes sexual acts" that they do not find suitable for their children. | ||
|description_of_result=Parents of the freshmen want to make it a matter of putting labels in books just as they do in movies and music albums. The head of the school mentioned that if parents did not agree with the summer reading they’re kids were allowed to read the book ''DownRiver'' instead. | |description_of_result=Parents of the freshmen want to make it a matter of putting labels in books just as they do in movies and music albums. The head of the school mentioned that if parents did not agree with the summer reading they’re kids were allowed to read the book ''DownRiver'' instead. | ||
|image=Alexie.jpg | |image=Alexie.jpg | ||
|source=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-06-22/news/0906210159_1_part-time-indian-absolutely-true-diary-ban | |source=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2009-06-22/news/0906210159_1_part-time-indian-absolutely-true-diary-ban | ||
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|artist=Sherman Alexie | |artist=Sherman Alexie | ||
|subject=Explicit Sexuality, Youth, Violence, | |subject=Explicit Sexuality, Youth, Violence, Political/Economic/Social Opinion | ||
|confronting_bodies=Parents of West Valley School District | |confronting_bodies=Parents of West Valley School District | ||
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|description_of_result=The West Valley School District Instructional Materials Committee voted to keep the book in the curriculum for upperclassmen, 11th- and 12th-graders. | |description_of_result=The West Valley School District Instructional Materials Committee voted to keep the book in the curriculum for upperclassmen, 11th- and 12th-graders. | ||
|source=http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/646639-8/west-valley-parents-teachers-at-odds-over-young-adult | |source=http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/646639-8/west-valley-parents-teachers-at-odds-over-young-adult | ||
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|description_of_result=The book was not removed from the curriculum. | |description_of_result=The book was not removed from the curriculum. | ||
|source=http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/646639-8/west-valley-parents-teachers-at-odds-over-young-adult | |source=http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/latestlocalnews/646639-8/west-valley-parents-teachers-at-odds-over-young-adult | ||
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|source=http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/08/new_york_school_bans_the_absolutely_true_diary_of_a_part-time_indian.html | |source=http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/08/new_york_school_bans_the_absolutely_true_diary_of_a_part-time_indian.html | ||
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|artist=Sherman Alexie | |artist=Sherman Alexie | ||
|subject=Explicit Sexuality, | |subject=Explicit Sexuality, Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Violence, Youth | ||
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|description_of_result=In the spirit of opposition that the nation expressed in response to the complaining parent's request for the book to be removed from the school district, a review committee in the school district has agreed to deny the parent's plea. Thus, Sherman Alexie's novel will be kept in Helena School district schools in support of the high school English curriculum. | |description_of_result=In the spirit of opposition that the nation expressed in response to the complaining parent's request for the book to be removed from the school district, a review committee in the school district has agreed to deny the parent's plea. Thus, Sherman Alexie's novel will be kept in Helena School district schools in support of the high school English curriculum. | ||
|source=http://helenair.com/news/article_02cc1a9a-2f66-11e0-a93b-001cc4c03286.html | |source=http://helenair.com/news/article_02cc1a9a-2f66-11e0-a93b-001cc4c03286.html | ||
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|year=2014 | |||
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|confronting_bodies=Grandmother, Frankie Wood | |||
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|date_of_action=June 2014 | |||
|location=Brunswick County, NC | |||
|description_of_content=''The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian'' is a 2007 novel for young adults written by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Ellen Forney. The novel is a first-person narrative by Native American teenager Arnold Spirit Jr., also known as "Junior", a 14-year-old budding cartoonist. The book details Arnold's life on the Spokane Indian Reservation and his decision, upon encouragement from a reservation high school teacher, to go to an all-white public high school in the off-reservation town of Reardan, Washington. Junior traverses through the endemic alcoholism, poverty and hopelessness he sees on the reservation, as well as the bullies and racism he encounters at school. | |||
|description_of_incident=The book is being challenged in Brunswick County schools by Frankie Wood, a great-grandmother who has no children in the schools but objects with the content of the book. She began a petition in several churches to remove the book from classrooms and school libraries stating that the language in the text was undesirable and that she objected with references to masturbation. | |||
|description_of_result=Ms. Wood was invited to speak at the school board meeting on June 3, 2014. She stated that upon speaking with the Superintendent Edward Pruden she was discouraged about moving forward because the defeat of ''The Color Purple'' months earlier. The case is still ongoing. | |||
|source=http://cbldf.org/2014/06/north-carolina-woman-challenges-disgusting-absolutely-true-diary/ | |||
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