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  • 'Academic killjoys' slap trigger warning on James Bond's Dr No over claims it is 'racist and xenophobic'

    10/09/2025 9:19:23 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 56 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | 10/6/2025 | Tom Lawrence
    'Academic killjoys' have slapped a trigger warning on Ian Fleming's James Bond novel Dr No. English literature students at the University of Portsmouth have reportedly been warned that the book, published in 1958, contains 'instances of racism, misogyny and xenophobia'. The university said the warning 'enables students to prepare emotionally' as well as engage 'more deeply' with the text. The book, which centres on 007's investigation into the appearance of two MI6 operatives in Jamaica, is among more than 50 texts slapped with a trigger warning. Course leaders claim the book's titular villain, Chinese-German scientist Dr Julius No, is 'problematic,...