Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea

[ailbhe]

Wait - all those maids and hired hands described as French are actually black, aren't they?

I think I preferred the books before I realised that.

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[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Ew, indeed. There's also an Enid Blyton 'brown paws' = 'hard work outdoors' = 'vulgar, common, dirty' thing going on there too, I'll be bound.