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Originally Posted by hildea
Prejudice and discrimination is probably as old as humanity, and is reinforced by all aspects of society, not just books. We're never going to get rid of it, but the least we can do is being willing to recognize it when we see it, and saying "Hey, that's not OK. Cut it out, please."
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Well, yes. That's entirely different than saying "nobody should ever publish or read this book". There have been plenty of annoying examples of prejudice in various books that have made me wish to say something similar. Of course, books are mirrors of their time and one should not expect Margaret Mitchell, for instance, to have a 21st-century mindset.
Then again, if any and all books (modern books, I mean) were always absolutely politically correct, then that would be very boring. I have enjoyed the heck out of some romances with really abusive heroes. In real life, those men should be behind bars and I would avoid them like a plague. But they have their place in romantic fantasies. Would I have enjoyed those books if their heroes had been nice, polite, respectful persons? No, not at all. Do I want men in real life to be like them? No, absolutely not.
Real life is real life and fiction is fiction. Fiction does not have to be always nice and politically correct. Well, in my personal opinion, of course.