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Tags: roald dahl | james bond | books | censorship | conservatives | u.k. | cancel culture

Dahl, Bond Censorship Just 'the Beginning'

Books by Roald Dahl are displayed at the Barney's store on East 60th Street in New York on Nov. 21, 2011. (Andrew Burton/AP)

By    |   Tuesday, 07 March 2023 07:09 AM EST

So-called "insensitive" character descriptions in the works of author Roald Dahl and racial slurs in Ian Fleming's iconic James Bond series are being scrubbed from books in the U.K. in a censorship move that conservatives fear could soon cross the Atlantic.

In the U.K., editors spent months updating the works of famed children's author Dahl to eliminate "insensitive" and "non-inclusive" language. Updates were announced shortly after Puffin Books' stated it would alter the books so they can "continue to be enjoyed by all children today."

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So-called "insensitive" character descriptions in the works of author Roald Dahl and racial slurs in Ian Fleming's iconic James Bond series are being scrubbed from books in the U.K. in a censorship move that conservatives fear could soon cross the Atlantic.
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