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Why In The Heat Of The Night Should Not Be read In High Schools

In The Heat Of The Night should not be read in high schools. It has too many racial slurs. Also high school students can get the wrong impression about all the black people they know. The most important thing about this book and why it shouldn’t be taught is because students who only read parts of the book get the wrong impression. Also it can make black people feel less important from the white people around them

This book has too many racial slurs like when Sam Woods first picks up Virgil all he could call him was a N____ I don’t like how this word is used so much in In The Heat Of The Night only because my best friend is black as well as some family and if I feel this way other students might be feeling just the same.

Also this book might give students the wrong impressions about black people. The book uses very many stereotypes about how black people killed other people and they take the property of other citizens. When kids skip through the pages of this book they may think about how much they should disrespect black people. It is like students never know how bad they can treat someone until they read the book. I am most sure that some students that were never racist may turn racist just from reading and learning about this book.

Some of the students in the class could be black and reading this book and thinking " wow it’s saying white people are so much better than I am and I’m just a slave. " White students and teachers never know what’s going on in a black person’s head while reading this book in class with other students around them. This book is too dangerous for black students to read and not get upset about it.