I agree entirely with what the last paragraph of that article says. They should be celebrating the fact that this is of the past and is no longer the tolerated norm.
What next they ban school children from learning about the world wars because Hitler was racist and had racist views therefore shouldn't be talked about
As with all censorship if you don't want to read the content because you don't like whats printed don't buy it
The only way censorship should be used is by the end user making a choice not to buy, use, read... whatever the item they find offensive.
You would think people would be more tolerant of literature from the past. But then they also banned gollywogs from schools because it was racist
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Othello may prove a painful text for many students. In particular some will find some of the plays frank and forthright racist language demeaning and distasteful. But plays like Othello can be used as tools to explore racism and racist views, both within an historical setting and a contemporary cultural or spiritual context. The plays opening scene, for example, presents an opportunity to discuss a range of emotional issues pertinent to teenagers, e.g. stereo-typing and inter-racial marriage. Othello has much to teach us about ourselves, our lives and our society.
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OMG i'm going out right now to burn down all the libraries that contain any shakespearean literature in them the racist swines.
How can they say that things written in a totally different time when slavery was still the norm is racist today its history nothing more. Just because it was aimed at children in its original publication doesn't make its use the same now.