Protesting Discrimination Against Short Native Americans!
Not exactly. A high school in Ohio has canceled a student production of Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians" because of protests by the local NAACP chapter. The reason for censoring this production? The original title of this classic murder mystery was "Ten Little Niggers" in 1939, although most people are more familiar with the 1940 title "And Then There Were None." Just a couple of points here: (1) there are no racial issues in this story whatsoever, (2) it is the world's best selling mystery novel of all time, and (3) the n-word does not have the same connotations in the UK as it does in the US--in 1939 or now. This is just appalling.
- posted by Base10 @ 7:53 PM