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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s funny, none of the whiners in here are defending the actual material. [/quote]
I am.  And I did.  IMO it's not racist.  Period.  [/quote]

Are you referring to the original edition or the 1970's update where he removed the pigtails and bright yellow skin coloration?[/quote]
The update.  But the big change was taking out "Chinaman."  I'm sort of indifferent to the changing the pigtails and skin color.  It would be racist to do that today.  But a lot of historical works are full of offensive imagery.  I've actually read these works with my own kid and point out offense parts and explain why we don't do that anymore abd you should call out anyone who does.  I don't see what's wrong with that.[/quote]

DP. There’s nothing wrong with that, but there’s also nothing wrong with a publisher deciding it doesn’t even want to keep printing new copies of old books.[/quote]
I didn't say the publisher couldn't do this if they wanted to.  Everyone thinks I did, but I definitely didn't.[/quote]

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