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Originally Posted by shalym
It is definitely a change to the book, but since the author herself authorized the change, it is not censorship.
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I agree.
It doesn't change how anyone would interpret the message of her book. So I wouldn't see it as book suppression, even if done by heirs.
Tweaking Seuss would be much more difficult because
he was against diversity (instead being a complete integrationist).
A comparable case, although in film rather than literature, may be Al Jolson:
https://go.gale.com/ps/anonymous?id=...60&p=AONE&sw=w