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South Carolina Police Challenge Summer Reading Titles
June 28, 2018
By Patricia Mastricolo
Community members, cops, and parents in one South Carolina school district are all pushing back against two summer reading books they believe propagate anti-police feelings. The books, The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, were on a list of four titles for students taking an English 1 College Prep course. Both books mentioned have received numerous awards and accolades, including the Coretta Scott King Honor.
The president of the Fraternal Order of Police for Tri-County Lodge #3 told local news,
Its almost an indoctrination of distrust of police and weve got to put a stop to that. There are other socio-economic topics that are available and they want to focus half of their effort on negativity towards the police? That seems odd to me.
Block an neglected to mention that The Hate U Give also depicts a police officer as one of the strong moral centers, a father figure, and positive role model for the main character Starr in the book. Angie Thomas debut novel is about Starr Carter, an African American 16 year old girl, who witnesses her unarmed best friend, Khalil, shot and killed by a white police officer. Starrs Uncle Carlos is a detective on the same police force and remains a strong counterpoint to the the officer who shot Khalil.
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