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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The first book of an all time great author and illustrator has been removed from print due to political pressure.  For those trying to claim this is some sort of commercial decision - take a look at Amazon's Best Seller List.[/quote]
This has already been discussed. Try to keep up.[/quote]
It has, and you are being called out once again on your political motives, as is the publisher [/quote]
Eh. Go read the only book in your possession, a tatty old copy of Little Black Sambo. Hey, it’s only subjective, right? [/quote]

In an effort to derail this from devolving further, did you know that Little Black Sambo doesn't have any black characters?  It takes place in India and its characters are Indian. [/quote]
Yes, I did know that. I have my great-grandmother’s copy from her childhood somewhere in a box. But the similarity between the depiction of that character and the way Black people were rendered in a lot of different places (black face was EVERYWHERE if the antique stores in rural Virginia are any indication) meant that people saw a lot of parallels and it was commonly taken to be about Black people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Little_Black_Sambo[/quote]

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