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Still Too White: Barnes & Noble Cancels ‘Race Switch’ Classic Novels
Published
2 years agoon
Steve Watson
Critics complained “diversity” covers of books were “fake” because characters inside are still white
Barnes & Noble has cancelled a line of ‘diversity edition’ classic novels because critics complained they were not woke enough.
The range, slated to coincide with Black History Month, features covers of characters like Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde, but with the protagonist wearing a turban, Frankenstein’s Monster with brown skin rather than green (it’s green because it’s dead…duh), and Juliet from Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet with brown skin and a headscarf.
Clearly proud of how woke it was being, B&N bragged that “For the first time ever, all parents will be able to pick up a book and see themselves in a story.”
However, the fad was quickly shot down by critics because the classic novels themselves are unchanged beyond the cover.
This fake diversity nonsense (where they replace white characters with people of color) is disgusting. It is not sincere or a solution. NEW STORIES BY PEOPLE OF COLOR ABOUT PEOPLE OF COLOR is the solution.
WE get to tell OUR stories!
Stop USING us and GET OUT OF THE WAY! https://t.co/vtQYHQBfzj
— Nnedi Okorafor, PhD (@Nnedi) February 5, 2020
Us: Hey, it’d be great if you could publish writers of color—
Publishing industry: Black Frankenstein https://t.co/QF3iWmfvBK— Brit Bennett (@britrbennett) February 5, 2020
What?!? No! Is it really this hard? People sat down & had meetings & put a lot of energy & money into creating covers f/black people on books w/ the same old stories INSTEAD of promoting books written by black authors & featuring black characters?WTF?! 😡 https://t.co/sgGGglaiNu
— Tracey Livesay (@tlivesay) February 5, 2020
Can you imagine a young Black girl seeing a cover with someone who looks like her but then finds nothing that reflects her in the pages? No Black girls at all? Y'all that is more than a bait and switch. That's harmful.
— Karen Strong (@KarenMusings) February 5, 2020
Cancelled. Good. Now, let's not let ANYTHING like this happen again.
Ok, back to writing this novel, I go. Happy Black History Month, everyone. 😒 https://t.co/wqTN2wF9Dc
— Nnedi Okorafor, PhD (@Nnedi) February 5, 2020
Um, @TBWAChiatNY?
The only thing you're disrupting is #BlackHistoryMonth and the literary dignity of communities of color.
So disappointed in you.
— David Bowles (Mācuīl Ehēcatl) (@DavidOBowles) February 5, 2020
Okay, real talk: here is why the whole Barnes and Noble and Random Penguin #DiverseEditions fundamentally doesn’t not work.
In their own words: pic.twitter.com/R9c9CXeyMs
— Justina Ireland Has A Sequel Out (@justinaireland) February 5, 2020
B&N immediately caved, canceling the launch and issuing a statement that said “We acknowledge the voices who have expressed concerns about the Diverse Editions project at our Barnes & Noble Fifth Avenue store and have decided to suspend the initiative. The covers are not a substitute for black voices or writers of color, whose work and voices deserve to be heard. The booksellers who championed this initiative did so convinced it would help drive engagement with these classic titles.”
The Diverse Editions event at our @BNFifthAvenue location originally scheduled for this evening has been cancelled. Please see our statement: pic.twitter.com/jGquff9MyM
— Barnes & Noble (@BNBuzz) February 5, 2020
This perfectly encapsulates how meaningless woke virtue signalling is infecting every corner of our society.
Don’t judge a book by its cover.
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Netflix to Fire Another 150 Employees as Subscriber Base Continues to Decline
Wokeflix is going the way of CNN+.

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1 week agoon
18 May, 2022
Streaming giant Netflix confirmed it was firing a further 150 employees in response to slowing revenue growth and a massive loss of subscribers.
“As we explained on earnings, our slowing revenue growth means we are also having to slow our cost growth as a company,” a Netflix representative told CNBC.
“So sadly, we are letting around 150 employees go today, mostly US-based. These changes are primarily driven by business needs rather than individual performance, which makes them especially tough as none of us want to say goodbye to such great colleagues. We’re working hard to support them through this very difficult transition.”
The new round of dismissals comes after Netflix fired an entire team of writers for the Tudum website, almost all of whom were “women of color.”
Netflix has lost over 200,000 subscribers this year and is set to hemorrhage another 2 million by the end of the year, while its share price has plummeted by 70 per cent since January.
Price hikes, the end of lockdown and increasing competition has badly impacted the company.
In addition to a worsening economic picture, Netflix has been plagued by its takeover by the woke mob, who relentlessly protested Dave Chapelle’s comedy special.
The decision to platform the 2020 movie Cuties, which sexualized underage girls, also had a negative impact on the company’s reputation.
Last month, Elon Musk asserted that Netflix embracing “the woke mind virus”‘ is making it “unwatchable”.
The tech giant wasted a whopping $75 million on signing up Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to make more preachy, woke content that no one will watch.
If things continue in the same vain, it might not be long before Netflix goes the same way as CNN+.
Oh no, how awful.
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Romania Claims Eurovision Changed Their Vote to Give First Place to Ukraine
EBU replaced the votes of six different countries.

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1 week agoon
16 May, 2022
Romanian broadcaster TVR has accused the European Broadcasting Union of assigning a different set of scores to the ones they provided, incorrectly giving the highest score to Ukraine, which went on to win the competition.
The Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra easily won the competition, finishing on 631 points, with the United Kingdom in second place with 466 points.
However, despite the margin of victory, the official Romanian Eurovision representatives complained that the EBU ignored their vote to give Moldova first place and instead awarded it to Ukraine.
“We were surprised to discover that the result of the Romanian jury’s vote was not taken into account in the calculation of the final ranking,” said TVR in a statement. “The organizers assigned a different set of points to the participants of the final, on behalf of the jury of our country. We specify that the Romanian jury decided to give maximum score to the representatives of Moldova.”
Representatives of each country also normally appear on the live broadcast to announce their country’s voting results, but Romania’s Eda Marcus was nowhere to be seen.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) responded by claiming they had noticed “irregular voting patterns” which “forced them to replace scores from six countries: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania and San Marino.”
“In order to comply with the voting instructions of the competition, the EBU collaborated with its voting partner to calculate a replacement aggregate result for each country concerned, both for the second semi-final and for the grand final (calculated on the basis of the results of other countries with a similar voting history),” they said in a statement.
In the final vote tally, neither Romania or Moldova awarded any points to each other, something that would never happen in reality.
TVR said Eurovision organizers had “replaced the jury score in Romania with a ‘substitute’ calculated in a non-transparent way,” and had not even informed them of what they were doing during the competition.
Although part of the vote is also down to the viewing public, the claims suggest that there may have been some chicanery behind the scenes to ensure Ukraine won the competition, thereby fulfilling a preset narrative to support ‘the current thing’.
The Eurovision Song Contest is notoriously political and has been beset by similar voting scandals in the past.
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‘Family Sex Show’ Aimed at Kids Cancelled After Backlash
Production company claimed its staff received threats and abuse.

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1 month agoon
20 April, 2022
A production called ‘The Family Sex Show’ aimed at children aged 5 and over that was described by the theatre company responsible as “an alternative to porn” has been cancelled after thousands of people signed a petition opposing it.
The company invited parents to bring their kids to the show, advertising that there would be full nudity and discussion of topics completely unsuitable for children.
The show was due to be performed at Bristol’s Tobacco Factory next month but that venue has become the second to bow out after a backlash.
Typically, the company is claiming the deluge of criticism they received included “unprecedented threats and abuse” from “extremists” and that this is why the event was called off.
A theater in the UK is advertising a “Family Sex Show.” They want parents to come with their little kids to learn all about sex, porn, masturbation, etc. They also advertise there will be full nudity. This is absolutely disgusting. pic.twitter.com/cC3bNToBV9
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 8, 2022
A petition signed by over 38,000 people stated, “Children should not be de-desensitised to the sight of naked adult bodies or introduced to topics surrounding adult sexual pleasure which this production promotes and celebrates.”
“This is nothing more than a blatant and extremely concerning attempt to sexualise children prematurely and is abusive.”
The explicit show was funded by the Arts Council, which is in turn funded by the taxpayer.
The company claimed they had liased with “child safeguarding experts,” however, the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children had apparently never heard of it.
"The Family Sex Show repeatedly claimed that they had taken advice from child safeguarding experts, however the show contravened NSPCC guidelines. After they were contacted, the NSPCC also said that not only had they never heard of it, they also had no input into devising it."
— Siân Kumar 🇬🇧🇺🇦 (@Sian_Kumar) April 19, 2022
Susan Glaholm, a social worker in mental health and child protection, expressed her concerns about the show, noting, “I am compelled to say there is something seriously wrong in our society and culture if we accept that this is appropriate for young children to experience.”
No doubt the same leftists who assert that “cancel culture doesn’t exist” will uphold this as an example of it.
“It’s not OK when you do it!”
Groomers take the L.
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