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Literary giants, Barnes & Noble and Penguin Random House, face backlash after attempting to address diversity with new book covers
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| February 5, 2020
| WBRZ Staff
Posted on 02/05/2020 6:28:42 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom
Moby Dick
The Great Black Whale?
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:30:03 AM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
(There is no salvation in politics)
To: Admin Moderator
Would you remove the 70 degrees from the beg. of the title? Thank you. I wish it were 70 degrees here.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:32:11 AM PST
by
beaversmom
(Trump for Cali gov 2026. Make CA great again.)
To: beaversmom
More anti-white racism at work here.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:32:30 AM PST
by
IronJack
To: Dr. Sivana
“Moby Dick”
“The Great Black Whale?”
That one kinda makes sense, Moby DICK, the great big black...
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:34:28 AM PST
by
MPJackal
("From my cold dead hands.")
To: Dr. Sivana
Have you read Moby Dick? They wouldn’t have had to do anything but portray some of the crew on the cover. The other books are the problem.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:34:36 AM PST
by
Varda
To: beaversmom
Seems like cultural appropriation or something. They pretend that Treasure Island is an African-American story? Get your own stories!
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:34:40 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: beaversmom
We be rappin with Frankenstein.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:35:02 AM PST
by
albie
To: beaversmom
No mention of Little White Sambo.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:35:09 AM PST
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
To: beaversmom
I thought Frankenstein was already a person of color. He’s green.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:35:54 AM PST
by
rightwingintelligentsia
(Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
To: MPJackal; 2banana; frithguild; Velveeta; TheOldLady; Ken H; DoughtyOne
homosexual minority humpback whale ping
(Yes, there actually is a ping list for that...)
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:37:27 AM PST
by
null and void
(The democrats just can't get over the fact that they lost an election they themselves rigged!)
To: rightwingintelligentsia
It isn’t easy being green...
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:37:59 AM PST
by
null and void
(The democrats just can't get over the fact that they lost an election they themselves rigged!)
To: beaversmom
DEWM... politically incorrect to celebrate them.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:38:21 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: beaversmom
Racist Publishers
Random House, Barnes & Noble
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:39:12 AM PST
by
TheNext
(Peaceful Victory)
To: beaversmom
Multiculturalism, diversity and inclusion have become code words to me. What they mean when I hear someone supporting these concepts is: “I am someone you should avoid and worthy of nothing but your contempt.”
Those concepts are fine, if they are gently encouraged and allowed to happen organically. To push those things for their own sake is toxic and destructive.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:40:20 AM PST
by
brownsfan
(Behold, the power of government cheese.)
To: beaversmom
Why cant they promote books by or about figures like Frederick Douglas or the poets of the Harlem Renaissance?
To: TheNext
Penguin Classics is my favorite imprint. Their beautiful book covers are works of art in themselves.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:41:46 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: ClearCase_guy
ROOTS - Irish Settlers
Publish a redo of ROOTS, the story of European Irish settlers suffering the slavery and discrimination of America and publishers like Random & Barnes.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:43:45 AM PST
by
TheNext
(Peaceful Victory)
To: beaversmom
Diversity means no white people. It’s that simple.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:43:51 AM PST
by
cdcdawg
(Cornpop was a bad dude!)
To: CondoleezzaProtege
The three main publishers, Penguin, Oxford Worlds and Barnes & Noble all share space in my library.
Handsome covers, informative introductions and easy to read texts. Classics are a staple of every educated person.
Ideas matter. Theyve shaped our world.
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posted on
02/05/2020 6:46:00 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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