When you think political correctness and stupid behaviors are behind us we get this. Yes...it's true...coming to education is curriculum and books that have been put through the "feeling filter". Any word...any phrase...any thought that might offend someone in some way should be expunged. What are we left with? Absolutely nothing... From The Chicago Tribune and Everdeen Mason Before a book is published and released to the public, it's passed through the hands (and eyes) of many people: an author's friends and family, an agent and, of course, an editor. These days, though, a book may get an additional check from an unusual source: a sensitivity reader, a person who, for a … [Read more...]