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Originally Posted by speakingtohe
Got me thinking in a whole new way. Is it right that these works be bowdlerized? Many things should never have happened, but altering books to imply that they didn't just seems wrong. According to Wikipedia in the 1960's the Nancy Drew character was made more feminine and less assertive, as well as eliminating racial stereotype with limited success. Does not one cancel out the other, and to what purpose? To change our perception of history or to make money?
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Think of the children...
Too many people have sensitivities that they think the rest of the world should have too.
The recent plan to remove the n-word from
Huck Finn has many supporters. They point out that many High Schools can't use the book in their classes and if it was edited, it would become more useful.
I disagree. The whole point of the story is the racial prejudice of the period. It becomes a teaching point and a history lesson.