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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Re: Anne of Green Gables Avonlea

[(Anonymous)]

From "Elle"-
Sorry I am not used to blogging, and don't know how to put my "name" in. Do I use OpenID or LiveJournal?
But I was just thinking about the time my brother went to Indonesia. Soldiers stopped the car at a roadblock; they wanted to know if my brother was connected with the terrorists. The driver said, "Can't you see he is a good man? Look how white he is"
We all do have prejudices; the important thing is that we try to be fair. A book that displays prejudice without condemning it may not be good for children, unless the parents/teachers discuss that problem with the young reader.