Of Mice and Men taken off Wales' GCSE syllabus because of racial slurs - Wales Online
John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men captures a universal themes and a time in history in a powerful, short text
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Hiding that racial slurs exist isn't a way to stop racism.
After reading the article, I still think these books are important, but it made it seem they were reading these books out in the class like we did with harry potter and stuff.
I'd say these books are important for anyone studying American literature - and probably essential for anyone studying American literature of the 20th Century.
They're not so important for Welsh pupils and don't need to be included in a general English literature syllabus for 15-year-olds in the UK. The reasoning outlined in the article for choosing not to include these sorts of works in the list of required and optional texts for this specific qualification is pretty convincing IMO and I completely support it.
No books are being banned from schools or anything like that. The article headline is I suspect just trying to get clicks from the anti-woke crowd.