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also the image of the Oompa Loompa in 'charlie and the chocolate factory' can also be interpreted as racist. The NAACP launched a protest, back in 1971 - at a t
by MichaelMoser123 4y ago
also the image of the Oompa Loompa in 'charlie and the chocolate factory' can also be interpreted as racist. The NAACP launched a protest, back in 1971 - at a time when racist attitudes were much more common. https://daily.jstor.org/roald-dahls-anti-black-racism/ https://daily.jstor.org/roald-dahls-anti-black-racism/
The movie paints them with orange colored skin, no one was protesting that edition of the original text.
- robocat 4y agoDahl answered that criticism, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34853399 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34853399