Let’s discuss this. The use of a “derogatory word” in literature. What, at the time, may have been considered vernacular, is now deemed unsuitable and, apparently, must be changed. Agree or disagree? If you couldn’t guess from the opening, I’m against changing the classics. Juuuuust slightly. I simply cannot fathom the point. The “n-word” has been vulgar and inappropriate since the sixties (if not forever). I personally don’t use this word and cringe a bit when I hear it. Thus, I can comprehend the reasoning for removing this word from the books.
However.
Literature is permanent. One cannot change it (apart from translations) or it is no longer true to its original writing. Changing a word of historical text is like erasing a section of a painting. You just can’t fucking do it.
Luckily, the new version will only have 7,500 books published. Hopefully, this will be the last edited work of art. But I highly doubt it. Meh.
