Ian Fleming’s James Bond Books Edited To Remove ‘Racial Terms’ After Review By Sensitivity Readers
Ian Fleming’s James Bond Modern readers appreciate books that use non-offensive language.
A new Report According to The Sunday Telegraph, Fleming’s original has been updated. Novels will include a href=”https://www.dailywire.com/topic/censorship”>rewritten deleted passages. Ian Fleming Publications was reportedly involved “sensitivity readers” To identify and correct problematic language.
Fleming, according to the organization, was supportive of rewrites. He even approved changes to the book. “Live and Let Die” Before his death in 1964, he was born (1954). These changes included eliminating negative slang terms, such as n-word, from black slang and replacing them by simply “black man” Oder “black person.”
“We at Ian Fleming Publications reviewed the text of the original Bond books and decided our best course of action was to follow Ian’s lead. We have made changes to ‘Live and Let Die’ that he himself authorized,” The publication was informed by a spokesperson for Ian Fleming Publications.
“Following Ian’s approach, we looked at the instances of several racial terms across the books and removed a number of individual words or else swapped them for terms that are more accepted today but in keeping with the period in which the books were written.”
The Disclaimer for the new Bond novels will be in the new Bond versions: “This book was written at a time when terms and attitudes which might be considered offensive by modern readers were commonplace. A number of updates have been made in this edition, while keeping as close as possible to the original text and the period in which it is set.”
The Telegraph noted that some controversial words will be retained while other lines of text will be replaced. For example “Casino Royale” Still, phrases such as “sweet tang of rape,” “blithering women” Failure to perform a “man’s work,” Insensitive references to east Asians and homosexuality as an ailment “stubborn disability.”
In “Live and Let Die,” However, this line calls Africans “pretty law-abiding chaps I should have thought, except when they’ve drunk too much” Added to clarify, “pretty law-abiding chaps I should have thought.”
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These changes are coming on the heels of controversy surrounding Roald Dahl’s books being altered, as The Daily Wire previously reported reported. The Roald Dahl Story Co. partnered with Inclusive Minds. This monitors children’s literature to ensure that it is inclusive, diverse, and accessible. They also helped to edit passages that they considered unacceptable.
The company demanded that Dahl’s text be changed, but they were not allowed to. “small and carefully considered,” Fans were furious when the words of the deceased author were changed.
“Roald Dahl was no angel but this is absurd censorship,” novelist Salman Rushdie Tweet. “Puffin Books and the Dahl estate should be ashamed.”
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