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Originally Posted by hildea
How do people feel about the rewrite Dahl did in 1973, when the Oompa Loompas where changed from a tribe of Black pygmies from Africa into light skinned people, after threats of boycott from NAACP?
I think that's a good change. The parallel to historic chattel slavery in the original is not great, to put it mildly.
I find it troubling that the Norwegian translations have kept the original version, where Wonka literally says that he has imported them from Africa! (The newest version I found online is from 2000, so it's possible it has been updated since then. That version has illustrations showing them as white, but text describing them as black, so that's probably a bit confusing for readers.)
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I also think that was a (very) necessary change. The author made this change - back in the late sixties or early seventies I believe. Not checking.
I’ve had enough Roald Dahl for now!
ah I see it was in your post! It’s hard to check before posting when I’m using my phone. Anyway - I agree it was a necessary change.