Renowned novelist says London board's teaching ban of his book is like 'burying our heads in the sand'
Note that the book is written by a black author and is about slavery:
A prominent Canadian novelist is speaking out after a local high school teacher was ordered to stop teaching one of his award-winning novels in class because of its use of the N-word.
Lawrence Hill said the teacher, who works for the London District Catholic School Board (LDCSB), was told to stop teaching The Book of Negroes and that "under no circumstances am I to teach a novel using" the word.
"Although it may be well intentioned … my concern is that it essentially excludes, completely excludes, Black voices from the curriculum," Hill told CBC Radio's Afternoon Drive on Tuesday.
