it is the unavoidable point if you insist English Lit should avoid difficult topics in order to instil the joy of reading, because literature is filled with harrowing stories of people behaving inhumanely towards one another.

at the same time, arguing that difficult topics should not be avoided but taught carefully, does not mean i do not empathise with those affected.

if we’re only reading about rainbows and unicorns, it certainly thins the library.

…so does a post get created here, if i just tag it up ?

very cool - but… could get a bit busy, if a new post easy is created so trivially easy ?

forgot to say -

. When I was in high school I was told half-caste was an acceptable term in the mid 2000s,

dual heritage is the way to go ! and much more meaningful.

I can see why, only if it is still being taught as it was 30 years ago - ie without addressing the language used - and I hope thats not the case. I can’t imagine anyone doing so in 2023.

If you start pulling stuff for those reasons (and for the record, I dont understand why they are still reading Steinbeck anyway) you go down a slightly dodgy path.

15 years in the bin :-\ but if i’m honest, i only liked the jerk reddits these days.

the mains subs were soo big as to be useless, there were powerful unregulated networks of mods who ran like 40 - 50 subs… thats not at all healthy.

actual content, although we miss it, was really thin.

wont take a whole lot to replace it. i’m not a big poster, but i’m committed to trying to get this off the ground.

as for reddit, it will survive for now. there are plenty of middle of the road uses to make money, plus, a lot of people will go back, sadly.

is there a better place, to learn and discuss racial slurs and the significance of the word, than in a class room ?

or should they learn it from rap music ? where it’s thrown around liberally like punctation, with no information about why it is the word that it is ?

i think i might expand it, if there’s interest ? /r/cricket was awesome but ended up a bit noisy and lots of ipl which i didnt care for.