The Carroll Independent School District in Southlake, Texas has
decided that sections of the book Life Is So Good is inappropriate
to teach at a middle school. The book was published in 2000 by George Dawson,
the grandson of a slave, who wrote and published the book after learning to
read at the age of 98, and it looks back on Dawson's life, discussing what
things were like in the 20th Century, including topics like lynching, racism,
segregation and civil rights.
And that’s inappropriate in Texas. But the richest part of
this nonsense is that some of the students who won’t get to read the book
attend the … wait for it … it’s epic and totally Texas … the George Dawson
Middle School.
Yes, the school has banned a book written by the man for
whom the school was named. |