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Originally Posted by Riocaz
Yes exactly the point is context not just content.
Anyone who reads has to take what they read with the context of the time it was written. So yes someone who would not have believed themselves a racist may have written a work which unintentionally seems racist to a modern reader.
The modern reader (or parent of reader) needs to take that into account.
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Completely agree.
Another aspect we should be looking at is the fact that the library will have a list of people who had to make an appointment to only view the book.
Next thing you know your a suspected terrorist because of the books you read.
I realize it is a big jump, but when you look at the REAL ID Act passed by congress in 2005, (as well as the Patriot act) you can clearly see Orwell´s Big Brother looming on the horizon.