"We need be asking what is the purpose of this book..?"
17 September 2020 - 12 mins
Podcast Series
The Hard Shoulder Highlights
The Department of Education is considering removing certain novels from the school curriculum following complaints about a number of works which contain racial slurs, such as To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee or John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men.
Yemi Adenuga Fine Gael Councillor for Navan who moved to Ireland from Nigeria and Malcolm Byrne Fianna Fáil Senator , joined Kieran to discuss if these books still have a place in our classrooms.
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