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Atticus Say it Ain't So

By Jeffrey Harrison

I thought I was up on law and literature but evidently not. The latest New Yorker includes a bit of a deconstruction of Atticus Finch, the hero of To Kill a Mockingbird. If my memory serves me, at least one law professor, Monroe Freedman, is quoted. It seems that the honorable Atticus was only able to offer his moral lesson by strutting is sexism and class bias. It's an interesting read, especially for any law professors holding Atticus out as a model to their students.

Full post as published by Class Bias in Higher Education on August 09, 2009 (boomark / email).