Culture

Still Too White: Barnes & Noble Cancels ‘Race Switch’ Classic Novels

Published

2 weeks ago

6 February, 2020

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.

Culture

Trump Slams Oscars For Giving Best Picture Award to a Foreign Movie

Says Gone With the Wind should be brought back.

Published

14 hours ago

21 February, 2020

Paul Joseph Watson

President Trump went off last night on the Oscars for giving its top prize to a foreign movie.

During a speech to a crowd in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Trump asked why an American film wasn’t given the award.

“By the way, how bad were the Academy Awards this year — did you see?” he asked. “‘And the winner is a movie from South Korea’ — what the hell was that all about? We got enough problems with South Korea with trade. On top of it, they give them the best movie of the year? Was it good? I don’t know.”

Trump goes off on the Oscars for giving Best Picture to Parasite because it's a South Korean movie pic.twitter.com/GUGKdExTbw

— Claudia Koerner (@ClaudiaKoerner) February 21, 2020

The president was referring to Parasite, a South Korean black comedy thriller.

“Let’s get Gone With the Wind — can we get, like, Gone With the Wind back, please?” asked Trump.

The president also said he was never a fan of Brad Pitt, who used his speech at the Oscars to attack Trump over the impeachment process.

Neon, the film company that distributed Parasite, responded to Trump by tweeting, “Understandable, he can’t read,” yet another “Orange man stupid, orange man bad” sick burn that earned nearly 150,000 likes.

Understandable, he can't read.#Parasite #BestPicture #Bong2020 https://t.co/lNqGJkUrDP

— NEON (@neonrated) February 21, 2020

As we highlighted yesterday, if you thought Hollywood wasn’t ‘woke’ enough, it’s about to get a whole lot more politically correct.

Major Hollywood studios are set to use a new tool that scans movie & TV scripts and flags up any examples where “diversity” is not portrayed positively or “gender roles” are not adequately represented.

The tool bears some hallmarks to Soviet realism, where every piece of art had to mimic the criteria of a prescribed style in order to “educate citizens on how to be the perfect Soviets” and “limit popular culture to a specific, highly regulated faction of emotional expression that promoted Soviet ideals.”

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Culture

Study Finds Sexual Promiscuity Dramatically Increases Cancer Risk

Linked to record high STDs.

Published

3 days ago

18 February, 2020

Paul Joseph Watson

A new study has found that engaging in sexual promiscuity increases the risk of getting cancer by as much as 91 per cent.

“Experts found older women who had ten or more lifetime lovers were 91 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with the disease, compared to those who only had one,” reports the Sun.

The study by Anglia Ruskin University scientists shows that many cancers such as cervical, prostate and oral are linked to sexually transmitted infections. The higher the number of partners, the more likely someone is to get infected.

“In both men and women, a higher number of sexual partners was associated with increased risk of cancer,” said lead researcher Dr Lee Smith.

While sexual promiscuity is at an all time high, the U.S. birth rate continues to plummet.

From 2007 to 2011, the fertility rate in the U.S. declined 9% in the space of just 4 years. In 2016, the U.S. fertility rate fell to 59.8 births per 1,000 women, the lowest since records began.

As we highlighted yesterday, the media continues to push meaningless sex and hedonistic atomization, with CNN asserting in an article “the benefits of being single.”

The rise in sexual promiscuity has also brought with it record STD rates.

According to the CDC, “Combined cases of syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia reached an all-time high in the United States in 2018.”

Lovely.

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