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Penguin Random House and Barnes & Noble are blackwashing their collection of classic novels

posted 5 years ago by kuku (3510)
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From Romeo and Juliet to the Wizard of Oz, or The Three Musketeers, Barnes & Noble and Penguin Random House have decided to publish old classic novels with black characters.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/480156-three-musketeers-black-diversity-blackface/

(Not sure about the color of the killer whale in Moby Dick. Since it's the villain, probably it'll be kept white. Otherwise, we would have a Moby Dick novel with a Black Whale 😄 ).

[–] bohemianroxie (2478) 5 years ago

Thank god they're not changing the text..but I wouldn't put it past them..

This might have been a month to promote black authors...but no..common sense has left the planet.

[–] kuku (3510) 5 years ago

They're not changing the text... for now.

Enyd Blyton's Famour Five series was already published with the text changed to 'update' it to modern times.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1297185/All-Famous-Five-books-published-21st-Century-language-changes.html