History Main / ReadingIsCoolAesop

* The way {{Book Burning}}s are handled in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade'' kind of comes off as this trope, showing a mass burning of Jewish literature as a collective KickTheDog for the participating Berliners. The elder Dr. Jones later references this in a minor Awesome Moment:

* Frederick Douglass, a slave in the home of the Auld family of Baltimore, was taught the alphabet at age twelve by Sophia Auld, the mistress of the house. Sophia's husband Hugh criticized her plan and feared that slaves learning to read would encourage a desire for freedom; Douglass referred to this moment as his "first decidedly antislavery lecture," as it taught him that "knowledge unfits a child to be a slave...from that moment I understood the direct pathway from slavery to freedom." As such, Douglass became a huge advocate for literacy and learning programs for both enslaved and newly-freed people.

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* Parodied by ''WebComic/ElGoonishShive'': A poster that [[FunnyBackgroundEvent shows up in the background of many shots]] indicates that you should [[SpaceWhaleAesop READ OR THE OWL WILL EAT YOU.]]

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