Whoopi Goldberg Criticizes Removing ‘Racist Content’ in ‘James Bond’ Books
Yet another author is having their work re-edited to remove insensitive language. But the push to revise older works is not going over well in some circles. On Wednesday, “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg noted Ian…
Yet another author is having their work re-edited to remove insensitive language.
But the push to revise older works is not going over well in some circles.
On Wednesday, “The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg noted Ian Fleming’s “James Bond” Books are being reissued to commemorate the 70th anniversary of “Casino Royale” — the first novel in the series.
However, she pointed out they are being “re-edited to remove any racist content.”
“Y’all gotta stop this,” Goldberg said. “Just put a disclaimer on it that says, ‘Listen, this book was written at this time.’ Or put out the original and what y’all have done because kids should have the right to read how people thought so that they know how to make the change.”
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The co-host noted, “They tried to do this to Mark Twain as well because they were so concerned that the N-word was in the book.”
“Well, that’s how they did it. That’s what it was,” she continued. “We don’t want people doing it today, and you don’t see it as much. That’s how people learn.”
Goldberg joked she might be “crazy” for her views about revising older works.
The Independent shared an example of one of the changes to Fleming’s Books