Agreed. Nigger just says you’re black, Slave says you’re black so OBVIOUS somebody owns you.
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I wouldn’t.
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I’d rather be CALLED anything than BE a slave. Maybe that’s what he’s trying to say.
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Toni Morrison stands up for the original, and so do I.
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This brings up something else I have been thinking about. I haven’t followed this closely, but the bits I pick up here and there are all white people with strong opinions in both directions.
My feeling is that it shouldn’t be censored, but its reasonable to think that I could never have a concept of how horrifying that word is.
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BURN THE BOOK!
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I think that it should remain as it is – as it is a historically correct version of the book.
I have to say though – I was pretty shocked when I read an old book for boy scouts that made reference to “nigger minstrels”.
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Should probably play it safe and just gloss over the whole slavery thing too….. call Jim a “neighbor”…..
Agreed. Nigger just says you’re black, Slave says you’re black so OBVIOUS somebody owns you.
I wouldn’t.
I’d rather be CALLED anything than BE a slave. Maybe that’s what he’s trying to say.
Toni Morrison stands up for the original, and so do I.
This brings up something else I have been thinking about. I haven’t followed this closely, but the bits I pick up here and there are all white people with strong opinions in both directions.
My feeling is that it shouldn’t be censored, but its reasonable to think that I could never have a concept of how horrifying that word is.
+1
BURN THE BOOK!
I think that it should remain as it is – as it is a historically correct version of the book.
I have to say though – I was pretty shocked when I read an old book for boy scouts that made reference to “nigger minstrels”.
Should probably play it safe and just gloss over the whole slavery thing too….. call Jim a “neighbor”…..
Just don’t call him Jim Neighbors.