The removal of ‘Maus’ from a middle school curriculum reflects an old debate, not a new one

“It looks like the entire curriculum is developed to normalize sexuality, normalize nudity and normalize vulgar language,” he said at one point. “If I was trying to indoctrinate somebody’s kids, this is how I would do it. You put this stuff just enough on the edges, so the parents don’t catch it, but the kids, they soak it in.”