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« on: June 25, 2018, 01:12:07 am »
Laura Ingalls Wilder's name is set to be removed from a major children's book award after concerns were raised about the "Little House on the Prairie" author's depiction of certain races in the early-to-mid 20th century.

The Association of Library Service to Children's (ALSC) board voted unanimously on Saturday to rename the "Laura Ingalls Wilder Award" as the "Children’s Literature Legacy Award."

Read more here: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/06/24/association-removes-laura-ingalls-wilders-name-from-award.html
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2018, 01:12:24 am »
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2018, 01:17:25 am »
I am so glad we are an enlightened society today. 

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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2018, 01:21:07 am »
Apparently, this is the evidence of her virulent and impermissible racism:
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... As the Guardian notes, that legacy includes a line once in Little House on the Prairie that described Kansas as having "no people, only Indians." Wilder, who died at age 90 in 1957, apologized for the line during her lifetime and amended it to read "no settlers, only Indians."  ...  More
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2018, 01:24:22 am »
Seems this group went through a huge PC change in 2017 with a bunch of liberals in charge.

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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2018, 01:28:52 am »
Pretty soon, any white person born before 1900 is going to be persona non grata.
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2018, 01:36:56 am »
Quote from: dfwgator on June 25, 2018, 01:28:52 am
Pretty soon, any white person born before 1900 is going to be persona non grata.
Not to mention those born after 1900...
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2018, 01:38:04 am »
Some of the wackiest leftists in this country are in the library biz.
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2018, 01:38:36 am »
Quote from: dfwgator on June 25, 2018, 01:28:52 am
Pretty soon, any white person born before 1900 is going to be persona non grata.

Or any whitey who wrote anything published before 1990.  Book burning Fridays.
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #9 on: June 25, 2018, 01:49:04 am »
Just change-out hammers and sickles for the swastika and you got the same thing.

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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #10 on: June 25, 2018, 02:00:12 am »
So, let me get this right.  They're systematically removing any history of America's racist past?  Fascinating.
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #11 on: June 25, 2018, 02:11:01 am »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on June 25, 2018, 02:00:12 am
So, let me get this right.  They're systematically removing any history of America's racist past?  Fascinating.

Yes but don’t worry, history has shown that it does not repent itself.  8888crybaby **nononono*
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #12 on: June 25, 2018, 01:19:47 pm »
Iowahawk's take on it:
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #13 on: June 25, 2018, 01:42:08 pm »
Quote from: mountaineer on June 25, 2018, 01:38:04 am
Some of the wackiest leftists in this country are in the library biz.

I dated a librarian for a very short while. She was very, very wacky and very leftist. It lasted 3 dates before I said enough.
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #14 on: June 25, 2018, 06:53:00 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on June 25, 2018, 02:00:12 am
So, let me get this right.  They're systematically removing any history of America's racist past?  Fascinating.

Obliterating history is one of the ways commies/fascists/socialists can control people.  When there is no one left who remembers freedom, the younger generations become conditioned to accepting the totalitarian state.
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #15 on: June 25, 2018, 06:54:26 pm »
Quote from: godblessRonaldReagan on June 25, 2018, 01:42:08 pm
I dated a librarian for a very short while. She was very, very wacky and very leftist. It lasted 3 dates before I said enough.

Hmmm.  That wasn't how my 3 date rule worked!   

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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #16 on: June 25, 2018, 06:55:27 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on June 25, 2018, 06:53:00 pm
Obliterating history is one of the ways commies/fascists/socialists can control people.  When there is no one left who remembers freedom, the younger generations become conditioned to accepting the totalitarian state.

Just like the Khmer Rouge with "Year 0".
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #17 on: June 25, 2018, 07:01:55 pm »
Quote from: godblessRonaldReagan on June 25, 2018, 01:42:08 pm
I dated a librarian for a very short while. She was very, very wacky and very leftist. It lasted 3 dates before I said enough.
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Yeah, saw a girl I had a crush on in high school at a reunion.  Turns out she became a librarian -- and, therefore, quite leftist. 

Teenage dreams crushed.

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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2018, 07:05:55 pm »
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Yeah, saw a girl I had a crush on in high school at a reunion.  Turns out she became a librarian -- and, therefore, quite leftist. 

Teenage dreams crushed.

There must be one or two hot and nasty librarians out there....  Right? 
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #19 on: June 26, 2018, 12:28:47 am »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 25, 2018, 07:05:55 pm
There must be one or two hot and nasty librarians out there....  Right?

Nope. The stripper’s outfit is just that: an outfit.
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
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Quote from: goodwithagun on June 26, 2018, 12:28:47 am
Nope. The stripper’s outfit is just that: an outfit.

I am crushed.  When I was in Orlando at the Booby Hatch I could have sworn a Librarian schussed me.
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #21 on: June 26, 2018, 03:17:57 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 25, 2018, 07:05:55 pm
There must be one or two hot and nasty librarians out there....  Right? 

That's the sad part - she was kinda hot in that bookish way that I like.
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #22 on: June 27, 2018, 05:09:38 pm »
Sounds like an opportunity for a not-racists-against-whites group to take over the name and start giving out awards based on merit, instead of color of skin.
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #23 on: June 27, 2018, 05:10:33 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on June 25, 2018, 07:05:55 pm
There must be one or two hot and nasty librarians out there....  Right?

Just watch out for the ones named "Tammy".  (Obscure TV reference.)
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Re: Laura Ingalls Wilder's name pulled from library award over 'stereotypical attitudes' in her popu
« Reply #24 on: June 27, 2018, 05:14:02 pm »
Quote from: Jewbacca on June 27, 2018, 05:09:38 pm
Sounds like an opportunity for a not-racists-against-whites group to take over the name and start giving out awards based on merit, instead of color of skin.
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I wonder whether Associate members can vote.  There are 4000 members.
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