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Originally Posted by shalym
Hmmm...I don't see where the government forced Astrid Lindgren (or even *asked* her) to remove the word. Her publisher asked her to, and she consented.
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Censorship need not come from the government. It need not even forced. It may simply be an influence, from society, or a subset of society with significant influence, such as we see with social media influencers. But clearly there is an influence, and as such, the publishers made the decision to censor the word "negro." I think they made the correct decision to censor that word. It has by general agreement become outdated, and has negative historical connotations.
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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. It is, rather, an edit to the text of the book. If the author or copyright holder were *forced* to make the change, then that would be censorship.
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This comes down to semantics. The published and author were *influenced* to alter the word. The author self-censored, as did the publisher. Nothing wrong with that; we all self-censor at times (well, some more than others
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Originally Posted by shalym
Or are you trying to say that all changes suggested to authors by publishers are censorship?
Shari
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Clearly there is a difference between changing the word "black" to "African-American", and changing the word "nail" to "screw".