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You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring news about banned and challenged books. They changed Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn to get rid of a word everyone used in the 1880s. They they went after Tintin in the Congo for drawings that reflected 1930s racial stereotypes. Now they’re going after another notorious racist … […]
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring news about banned and challenged books. Apparently the problem some Americans have with Huckleberry Finn affects Belgians as well. They were actually going to ban a Tintin book written in 1931 on grounds of racism … thankfully, a court has intervened. The manager of a Michigan […]