A 10th grade English class in North Carolina is no longer allowed to read acclaimed book 'Dear Martin' since the district’s superintendent decided the story was unsuitable assigned reading after one parent complained that it contained profanity.
about an ABC executive who was put on administrative leave after suggesting during contract negotiations with“Cotton, if you know anything about it, it’s not about race,” Nolte said at the time, according to the“A lot of people I knew did it, including family members, so I thought I was supporting Robin Roberts.”
According to the policy, a committee or principal’s decision can be appealed to the superintendent and the superintendent’s decision can be appealed to the school board. Francis said that while he hadn’t personally been contacted by any other parents about the text, he overheard other board members discussing how other parents had been concerned about it and there was “a lot of emotion going on” about its profanity.
An alternative for a concerned parent would be to let them select another book for the assignment, Francis said. But that option wasn’t enough for Reeves who, according to Popular Information, had objected to the book in conversations with the high school principal. When asked if he planned to read it, Francis responded: “If you know Chuck Francis, Chuck doesn’t read books.”
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