High school drops play because original title had racial slur

NJ Advance Media for NJ.com ^ | October 4, 2017

[SMGFan]

HILLSBOROUGH  -- After "strong concerns" were raised over the choice for its fall play, Hillsborough High School decided to drop a planned production of "And Then There Were None," replacing it with "Almost, Maine."

"And Then There Were None" is based on an Agatha Christie book that, in its original printing in England in 1939, was named after a famous British song, "Ten Little N*****s." The book title was renamed "And Then There Were None" when it was published in the United States in 1940.

[SMGFan]

cause everyone has heard of Almost, Maine

[SMGFan]

Almost, Maine should go as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almost,_Maine

In October 2014, Maiden High School in North Carolina canceled a production of ‘Almost, Maine’ after “some parents and area churches complained about the play’s inclusion of a same-sex couple” according to students. Principal Rob Bliss released a statement describing the play as having “sexually-explicit overtones and multiple sexual innuendos that are not aligned with our mission and educational objectives.” [9]

[Bryanw92]

If SJWs hadn’t told me that factoid, I would never have known the original name from England. I’ll have to spread that news around so everyone knows and uses the proper title.

[PAR35]

I had heard of it as 10 Little Indians.

[LibWhacker]

was named after a famous British song, "Ten Little N*****s

Will be yanked from YouTube in 5..4..3..

[lightman]

[headstamp 2]

[I had heard of it as 10 Little Indians.]

Yes, I remember the movie by this name too.

[yarddog]

I too have heard it as “Ten Little Indians”. I think they considered that racist too and now it is what it is.

[madison10]

Same here. Good play. Stupid, stupid sensibilities.

[a fool in paradise]

Was it a Hip Hop-era?

[eddie willers]

Good Lord. That’s like a bar bet trivia question.

Ya gotta dig for that. Someone went out of their way to be offended.

[Vision]

And nobody cares that Obama is racist as hell.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

"And Then There Were None" is based on an Agatha Christie book that, in its original printing in England in 1939, was named after a famous British song, "Ten Little N*****s."

That song was named after the original which used the word "Injuns", or "Indians". And the title of the Agatha Christie book in the US has always been "And Then There Were None", from the day of its US publication. It's a pity those kids won't get to perform the play, since the story is quite good and makes for a good live performance.

[jughandle]

Keep on triggering them NJ.com, aka The Star Ledger

[Crucial]

You nailed it. The SJWs go out of their way to be offended. This is due to their racism. They don’t really want people getting along.

[onedoug]

I do. But he wouldn’t care. Enemy islamist corksucker.

[yarddog]

Eenie Meenie Miney Moe.

[sparklite2]

If you suppress every symptom,
has the disease been cured?

[Enchante]

Since so many SJWs are the most racist people around, giving in to them all the time promotes all the wrong lessons.

[MNDude]

Quote of the day!