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The use of sensitivity readers has sparked a debate over whether they are censors or provide an important service in promoting inclusivity and combating offensive tropes and racial or sexual stereotypes.
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Source: BBC News - Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has criticised changes to Roald Dahl books after the removal of some references to things like characters' appearance and weight sparked a fierce debate.
Dahl's estate and publisher said works including The BFG and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had been updated to be more suitable for modern audiences.
Publishing houses have set the cat among the pigeons. They have introduced “sensitivity readers”. Some authors are claiming this amounts to cen
The award-winning author Salman Rushdie, who was recently stabbed, losing the sight in one eye, for protecting free speech and 'attacking Islam', said the changes were 'absolute censorship'.
Considerable edits have been made to descriptions of the characters' physical appearance in Roald Dahl's stories - the new editions no longer use the word 'fat' which has been cut from every book.
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