When there's always the threat of book burning and censorship, who will stand up for writers? Who will refuse to bow down to the insane paranoia of the "politically correct?"
Not the AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
They just changed the LAURA INGALLS WILDER AWARD to...THE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE LEGACY AWARD.
You know who Wilder is? THIS awful bitch:
You'd think that classrooms and libraries would be a good place to teach tolerance and understand sociology. But Mark Twain remains on a lot of BANNED lists for school reading. Shel Silverstein and Tomi Ungerer, two of the world's finest authors of kiddie books are also BANNED in many libraries because they also published in such awful-awful places as Playboy and the Village Voice.
According to the American Library Association, Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of "Little House on the Prairie," does NOT deserve recognition anymore. She should NOT be listed with that scant group of females who are part of American literary history: Willa Cather, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay or Pearl Buck.
Why? According to the American Library Association, Ingalls (February 7, 1867-February 10, 1957) was a racist. Quoth the librarians:
"Her works reflect dated cultural attitudes toward indigenous people and people of color."
So, let's be politically correct and ignore her. Never praise her. Don't even make an allowance that what she wrote, like Mark Twain and his "Huckleberry Finn" which had a slave character in it, was very much of its time and considered perfectly normal.
It's fortunate that whatever hung-up dried-up idiots run this "American Library Association" that you and I never heard about till just recently, nobody much gives a damn about what awards they give out, or what kind of sappy political agenda befouls their choices of honorees.
They no doubt think they're doing their part for...what, censorship, intolerance, or stick-up-the-assery?
In the real world, Native Americans continue to be insulted and demeaned. Many live in near poverty on reservations, but because they aren't loudmouth immigrants, or shouting in a foreign language, or breaking windows and stealing TV sets, nobody cares.
Here's a couple of black guys who are happy to play for...THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS.
You think an NFL team would ever be called "The Washington Blackskins?" Or even "The Washington Of-Color-Skins?" What is anyone doing about the obnoxious white guy who owns this team?
Political correctness is not getting better and more sensible all the time; it's only becoming more Fascistic, intolerant and bullyingly moronic. Any author turn down this dopey "prize" because Wilder's book may have a few stereotypical lines in it? Should comedians turn down the "Mark Twain Prize" for the same idiot reason?
Johnny Depp barely got to play Tonto in a forgettable "Lone Ranger" re-make, because..."he's NOT a Native American!" Somebody countered that he might have some distant relative who was Native American, so leave him alone. A professional ACTOR is not allowed to portray a Native American or some other ethnic group despite his skills? Should Maurice Evans, Kim Hunter and Woodrow Parfrey NOT have worn masks in "Planet of the Apes," and REAL APES have played those parts? With maybe...MAYBE...subtitles?
Think the "American Library Association" has called for a ban on any children's book about football that mentions "The Washington Redskins?"
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