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Originally Posted by Thasaidon
I find such comments a little gratuitous and unnecessary. Thie book written in 1872 and so will obviously not conform to today's sensibilities and shiboleths.
Like it said in another posting talking about this area "The past is a different country". They do things differently there. Do you wish to be like the ugly American who went to a foreign country, only to complain about the lack of McDonalds?
Just as an afterthought if someone from the past was brought to the present they would probably be scandalised by and find very wrong accepted attitudes and opinions of OUR time and culture.
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Books are different. But racism is still rampant in the USA. Just look at the Trump and his base. There's an example of today's racism. It's not gone away. and in some cases has gotten a lot worse.
s for the book, I didn't find the racism to be too much or too in your face. It was just a few minor comment here and there. It's when the racism is blatant and in your face that it's really a bother.