Publisher offends Aborigines by encouraging girls to play didgeridoo
Some stupid "tradition"-bound people are offended, and the public taking of offense has worked: HarperCollins has caved, and the next edition of the book will have that chapter removed.
Mark Rose, head of the Victorian Aboriginal Education Association, said the publisher made "an extreme faux pas" by including a chapter on how to play the Aboriginal musical instrument in its Australian edition.Can you imagine? Where are the feminists NOW? Oh, I forgot, the Aborigines are a different color, they're an oppressed minority, so you know where the feminists will be hiding.
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He told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. on Tuesday afternoon that the offensive chapter was equal to "encouraging someone to play with razor blades."
The publisher said Wednesday that the chapter will be removed at the next printing.
"HarperCollins Publishers apologizes unreservedly to any aboriginal Australians who were offended by the inclusion of instructions on how to play the didgeridoo in the forthcoming publication 'The Daring Book For Girls,"' the publisher said in a statement.
Like encouraging someone to play with RAZOR BLADES? Extremely loud snort.
2 comments:
We have both the book AND a didgeridoo. I feel so empowered right now. Unfortunately, our American version does not have instructions on the how to play the thing.
With potential consequences (as reported in the article) like this -
"We know very clearly that there's a range of consequences for a female touching a didgeridoo. Infertility would be the start of it, ranging to other consequences," he said. "I won't even let my daughter touch one."
I really can't take any chances! Not while we're in such a fragile state. Perhaps we'll stick with making a "Cootie Catcher" p.257 (even though we probably don't need it anymore)!
Say WHAAAAAT????
I had no idea that XX chromosomes and the didgeridoo did not combine. Wow.
Why is this not offered in schools as birth control?
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