Thread: Sexism/racism etc in older fiction
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Old 01-17-2018, 04:18 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Occasionally, I will find the overt racism and antisemitism jarring, but for the most part, I just think that's how they thought back then. For some reason, I tend to find it more jarring in a movie than a book.
For some reason, any kind of 'ism, foul language, violence, ... in a movie is much more jarring to me. I think I have a little more of a disconnect when I read vs when I see/hear.
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