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Originally Posted by DNSB
I remember reading it to my kids. I checked with my wife and according to her, she did not find the book's portrayal of a Chinese man as being overly offensive. This was the post-1978 edition so no yellow skin or queue.
As for the eating with sticks? Her opinion was that was about as offensive as saying "a white man who eats with fork". In this area, you will see almost everyone in a Chinese/Korean/Japanese/Vietnamese/other Asian restaurant using chopsticks. Oddly, quite a few local Thai restaurants set the table with chopsticks though in Thailand, chopsticks seem to be available on request for those who prefer to use them.
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I would think many could also be offended if the chopsticks were changed to a fork to "westernize" it or whatever people want to come up with. Speaking of chopsticks, it has been years since I've used them, but I recently went to New Moon Sushi and that is that is what you're handed to eat, so I had to get used to them. I'm determined to get decent with them, although I have a long way to go apparently.