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As someone once said about the controversy surrounding Mark Twain's books: "so there weren't any n** back then?" Meaning that reprinting his books and replacin
by isolli 6y ago
As someone once said about the controversy surrounding Mark Twain's books: "so there weren't any n** back then?"
Meaning that reprinting his books and replacing the n word with the more neutral "slave" risks whitewashing the terrible suffering that black slaves endured.
- major505 6y agoAlso, theres a lot of presumption, thinking you can rewrite a classic author just to fit your modern sensibilities.