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Slammed For Doing 'Literary Blackface', Barnes & Noble Cancels Poorly Thought-Out 'Diverse Editions' Campaign by Artsjournal1

The idea of this Black History Month initiative was to take 12 children's and young-adult classic titles " among them Frankenstein, Treasure Island, The Three Musketeers, and Romeo and Juliet " and sell them with covers depicting their characters as nonwhite. (This as opposed to promoting titles by nonwhite writers.) " The Guardian

SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 09:36AM on February 6, 2020

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