Monday, June 25, 2018

THIS....From the Washington Post

Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name stripped from children’s book award over ‘Little House’ depictions of Native Americans
by Meagan Flynn    June 25


Classic children's books and movies are still popular today. Here are some example of iconic stories that contain prejudice unacceptable by modern standards.  

Laura Ingalls Wilder was on the brink of having an award named in her honor, from the Association for Library Service to Children, when in 1952 a reader complained to the publisher of “Little House on the Prairie” about what the reader found to be a deeply offensive statement about Native Americans...
The reader pointed specifically to the book’s opening chapter, “Going West.” The 1935 tale of a pioneering family seeking unvarnished, unoccupied land opens with a character named Pa, modeled after Wilder’s own father, who tells of his desire to go “where the wild animals lived without being afraid.” Where “the land was level, and there were no trees.”
And where “there were no people. Only Indians lived there.”

I am sure she meant "no Caucasian people" just Indians, but of course that's NOT how it was taken, it's not how WAPO wants it to be taken...now it's an issue 

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