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minus-squareread_freire [they/them]hexbear7·4 years agoIsn't there some pretty shitty anti-semitism in there? link
minus-squarecrispyhexagon [none/use name]hexbear12·4 years agoits more antisemetic dogwhistling than outright antisemitism. anyone unfamiliar with the tropes wouldnt read the.. goblins? gnomes? i forget. as being coded jewish stereotypes. i certainly didnt when i was seven link
minus-squarecrispyhexagon [none/use name]hexbear9·4 years agoyeah for sure, in retrospect its definitely got some uhhh problematic depictions. but most kids books do tbh, because they reduce things into simplistic terms rather than presenting complex analysis. soo... meh. link
minus-squareread_freire [they/them]hexbear6·4 years agoIdk that it's so much about reduction as reflecting the author's biases and culture, unconscious or otherwise link
minus-squarecrispyhexagon [none/use name]hexbear6·4 years agofair, the reduction is a lens that magnifies the biases and cultural viewpoints of the author link
Isn't there some pretty shitty anti-semitism in there?
its more antisemetic dogwhistling than outright antisemitism. anyone unfamiliar with the tropes wouldnt read the.. goblins? gnomes? i forget. as being coded jewish stereotypes.
i certainly didnt when i was seven
Lol same, in retrospect though
yeah for sure, in retrospect its definitely got some uhhh problematic depictions.
but most kids books do tbh, because they reduce things into simplistic terms rather than presenting complex analysis. soo... meh.
Idk that it's so much about reduction as reflecting the author's biases and culture, unconscious or otherwise
fair, the reduction is a lens that magnifies the biases and cultural viewpoints of the author