North Carolina girl, 15 says she was forced to read 'incest porn' in her English class

A North Carolina teenager has sparked controversy after claiming she was forced to read 'incest porn' in her English class.

Lorena Benson, 15, a sophomore at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh, delivered a speech to the Wake County school board this week that quickly went viral.

The teenager's speech has gone viral on social media, with a video posted on X, garnering over 250,000 views.

The teen claimed her Honors English class recently read a story detailing sexual encounters between two cousins that made her extremely 'uncomfortable.'

She said the book she and her classmates read had 'graphic, incestual sexual content, leading her to leave the school entirely,' the News Observer reported.

'I am deeply bothered and deeply disappointed,' Benson told the school board on Tuesday. 'I have decided to leave Athens Drive High School because I should not have to deal with pornographic, incestual sexual content taught to me in my classes.'

Benson, who moved to North Carolina from the Dominican Republic just three months ago, said she had been happy at Athens Drive until last Friday's English class.

She alleges that students were asked to independently read a story and discuss it with classmates.

'There was a part in the story that made me feel very uncomfortable and I looked around and saw the same expression on other students' faces,' said Benson.

'Even after reading it again, it makes me feel very uncomfortable,' Benson added. 'This graphic, incestual sexual language should not be taught in any class, much less an Honors English class.'

The book fits the description of the novel 'Tomorrow Is Too Far' by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Conservative activists have used the video to criticize school curricula, including John K. Amanchukwu Sr. who shared the video on X.

'A 15 year old minor at Athens Drive High School in Wake County, NC, is forced to read a pornographic book in class, that talks about putting a banana in a tomato. She is now leaving this school. !' he wrote.