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'Peter Rabbit' children's book series
under attack as 'problematic': 'Owe a
debt' to African slave folk tales

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Posted By: Beardo, 5/26/2023 9:21:51 PM

Beatrix Potter, an author who is known for children’s stories like "The Tale of Peter Rabbit" and died in 1943, is being accused of taking her stories from African slave tales. Dr. Emily Zobel Marshall, a lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and an expert in Postcolonial theory recently made waves in the literary world after she alleged that Potter’s beloved children tales are more likely than not taken from "Brer Rabbit," in stories that originally date back to pre-colonial Africa.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: JackBurton 5/26/2023 9:24:01 PM (No. 1478312)
Right. There were never any rabbits in England eating vegetables in gardens.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: JackBurton 5/26/2023 9:24:53 PM (No. 1478315)
What about Bugs Bunny??
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Reply 3 - Posted by: WWIIDaughter 5/26/2023 9:37:09 PM (No. 1478322)
The Easter bunny brings *chocolate* eggs to children. Coincidence? Or racial appropriation? Sounds like this needs reparations.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: sjredwood 5/26/2023 9:40:22 PM (No. 1478327)
Google images for "Emily Zobel Marshall"... funny how much she looks like the infamous Rachel Dolezal, the white woman who "identified" as black. What a hare brained accusation... people who are jealous only want to destroy. https://aalbc.com/author-photos/Emily-Zobel-Marshall.jpg
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Reply 5 - Posted by: formerNYer 5/26/2023 9:41:09 PM (No. 1478328)
Stupid people make stupid decisions and observations, here is one of them
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 5/26/2023 9:51:24 PM (No. 1478331)
Yeah, Black Africans invented everything, built the pyramids, wrote all the gooid stories first and all those white folks have just been "holding them down" all these years. /s off Uh, no, that's fraudulent, invented "history".
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Reply 7 - Posted by: dgw1949 5/26/2023 9:52:59 PM (No. 1478334)
i grew up with these books! Where does that leave me?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Rinktum 5/27/2023 2:56:38 AM (No. 1478429)
#6, Correct. One question I have is if Africans are so brilliant why is that entire continent in a state of chaos? Why isn’t it the creme de la creme of civilization? Surely, they would be able to outsmart and out perform every other ethnicity on the planet. What about their behavior in this country and others with large populations of blacks brings to mind violence and not progress. Just as every other race on this planet has bad apples in their midst, they must be called out for their bad behavior by their peers. Ignoring those who make nothing but trouble is a certain path to ostracization from those around them. Each group must instill values that work for the whole community. I would be the first to call out anyone in my race that was acting out and causing trouble. Until each community makes it clear that they will have standards of behavior from their members, the bad seeds will continue to act out and this has nothing to do with race. It has everything to do with the content of one’s character. Perception of violence in that community will not end until it is addressed by their members. No outsider will ever make a difference or bring change.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Highlander 5/27/2023 2:56:39 AM (No. 1478430)
They’s rabbits in Africa?
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Lawsy0 5/27/2023 3:12:16 AM (No. 1478434)
Oh, they were probably thinking of Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit of cabbage patch fame.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: 5 handicap 5/27/2023 5:48:15 AM (No. 1478462)
I'll bet this esteemed Dr. will come out next week claiming thatWashington's maid actually wrote the Constitution and "Romeo and Juliet". For heaven's sake without Blacks there would be no literature whatsoever.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: chance_232 5/27/2023 7:06:25 AM (No. 1478484)
I'll be that a whole lot of these folks believe that Wakanda is a real place.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: JackBurton 5/27/2023 7:13:51 AM (No. 1478489)
#3 wins the internet for the day. You made MY day.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: chillijilli 5/27/2023 9:40:17 AM (No. 1478604)
I can't wait til somebody starts investigating MUSIC...egads, unwoke LYRICS forever about heterosexual love instead of gay pride or subservient women pining away waiting for their man instead of taking charge and becoming enlightened. Reparations for everyone! Wonder why Hollywood's so quiet about this.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: DVC 5/27/2023 11:02:14 AM (No. 1478673)
Re #10. That is Briar Patch. Cabbage Patch was a marketing scheme for very weird looking dolls....that always sort of creeped me out a bit.
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