TORONTO -- To Kill A Mockingbird could be on the curriculum chopping block for all Toronto public schools.
A parent of a Malvern Collegiate student has asked the Toronto District School Board to remove the classic American novel from Canada's largest school board, the Sun has learned.
In August, a Brampton principal scrapped the book from a Grade 10 English course after a parent complained. Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board officials said the parent had objected to the use of the N-word in the book.
Matlow said parents may object to some of the words used in Mockingbird or some of the experiences the book's characters endure, Matlow said.
"But I don't think we should dilute the severity of what people went through in our history just to be politically correct," he said.
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