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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I adore Laura Ingalls Wilder.  I don’t want to read any of those books to my mixed race kids[/quote]

Honestly they would probably be bored  And I don't understand the hate Laura  Ingalls
L I’ll gets.  Yes her mom didn't like Native Americans but, Laura and her pa didn't have a problem and as I vaguely remember Ma had some bad experiences with Native Americans that made her that way.  Not defending her but, it wasn't just I hate them because they are different.[/quote]

I posted this — and yeah probably the kids won’t be interested anyway but I have reread the Little House Series and while the portrayal of Native Americans isn’t good (Pa likes them but they’re still presented as very exocitized and the books are very pro westward expansion) there’s also a lot of casual more subtle racism that pops up with things like the minstrel show that I’d be a bit uncomfortable reading aloud.  (“Darkie” isn’t the n word but it sure is close.)  LIW definitely isn’t the worst of her era by a long shot but I do think her books require a bit of caveating.  As in this thread title, I do love them![/quote]

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