College Fix
It what may be one of the great ironies of the last couple of years, the 75th anniversary edition of George Orwell’s classic “1984” comes with a trigger warning in its introduction.
Courtesy of Dolen Perkins-Valdez, who according to her website has “established herself as a pre-eminent chronicler of American historical life” and teaches literature at American University, the intro makes note that “there are no Black characters at all” in the novel.
For a “contemporary reader” such as herself, Perkins-Valdez (pictured) says this gives her “pause.” She also says a “sliver of connection” is difficult with a book that “does not speak much to race and ethnicity.” More
Poor tragic baby. The nasty book doesn’t make obeisance to any of her obsessions. How unfortunate for her.
Talking about trigger warnings, I squirreled this away some time back:
Trigger Warning warning:
The following material contains Trigger Warnings whose descriptive text may contain language or concepts that cause offense, fear, anxiety, and/or night-time incontinence. Anyone who has reason to feel that xe may be so affected should consider counseling, voluntary commitment, or suicide.
“…does not speak much to race and ethnicity.”
That’s because there is absolutely nothing relevant about race and ethnicity.
GM – there is absolutely nothing relevant about race and ethnicity.
Unless you make a living from it like most of the so-called “Black Leaders and the obedient Left creating a divided nation!
Sensitivity readers most affected.
Reminds me of when Kindle was brand new and they “recalled” 1984 from. everyone’s accounts right after they purchased it. The irony appears lost on those who simply do not CARE about anything.
Double plus ungood
THEY don’t hate racism.
THEY hate white people.
@Anon
I’ll borrow term from the Ball Dribber’s sport:
A Triple Double Plus Ungood.
Wonder what she thinks about Russian writers. All the class divisions but nothing about the color of anyones skin…
If race was not mentioned. One could assume that any character was any race one wished to imagine.
You know, I’m a black man and the times I read 1984 or Animal Farm or Atlas Shrugged, I never thought about the lack of black characters because that isn’t what these great books are about.
Has she read The Gulag Archipelago? No black people there either. OUTRAGE!